Date
To
All Approved Insurance Providers
All Risk Management Agency Field Offices
All Other Interested Parties
All Risk Management Agency Field Offices
All Other Interested Parties
From
Heather Manzano Acting Administrator
Subject
2018 Crop Year County Spring Crops Program Expansion
Background
The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation has expanded the number of counties where certain crops are insurable for the 2018 crop year. The following attachment, 2018 Expansion of Existing Spring Crops Programs, lists the expansion by crop, state, and county for permanently-established (non-pilot) programs.
Action
Approved Insurance Providers should advise agents and in turn producers of the expanded county crop programs for the 2018 crop year to allow producers the opportunity to purchase crop insurance.
DISPOSAL DATE:
November 30, 2018.
Attachment
| Crop | State | Counties |
|---|---|---|
| Buckwheat | Washington | Adams |
| Corn | Mississippi | Choctaw |
| Cotton | Virginia | Mecklenburg, New Kent |
| Dry Beans | Idaho | Franklin |
| Dry peas | Alaska | Fairbanks North Star, Southeast Fairbanks |
| Dry Peas | Kansas | Decatur, Rawlins |
| Dry Peas | Nebraska | Chase, Dundy, Hayes, Hitchcock, Lincoln, Red Willow |
| Dry Peas | Washington | Benton |
| Grain Sorghum | California | San Joaquin |
| Soybeans | Mississippi | Choctaw |
| Soybeans | New York | Albany, Broome, Greene, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady |
| Sunflowers | Nebraska | Cherry, Dawes |
| Wheat | Minnesota | Itasca |