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Tobacco

MGR-16-004

Background 

Beginning with the 2012 crop year, the Risk Management Agency (RMA) added Quality Adjustment provisions to the Special Provisions of Insurance (Special Provisions) for Burley and Flue-Cured tobacco. In order to receive a quality adjustment, the tobacco must be graded by a tobacco grader who is employed by the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) in accordance with the USDA Official Standard Grades for Tobacco.

PM-20-088

The Risk Management Agency (RMA) is revising the Special Provisions of insurance for the flue cured and burley types of tobacco. The revisions were made based on stakeholder feedback. These changes will help improve the integrity of the program and make it more sustainable going forward. The changes include:

Actuarial 20-056

As of November 27, 2020 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

  • 2021 Actuarial Data Master for the 11/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
  • 2021 Special Provisions for the 11/30 Filing Date.

Users can find this information in the following directories:

  • 2021 Actuarial Data Master are in the References/Actuarial_Data_Master/
  • 2021 directory.2021 Special Provisions are in the Special_Provisions/2021 directory.

Additional notes and details regarding this data release:

PM-17-033

In accordance with Section 10 of the SCO Endorsement, approved Final Area Yields and Final Area Revenues for the 2016 crop year will be available by close of business today in the following formats:

Actuarial 20-053

As of November 19, 2020 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

  • 2020 Actuarial Data Master for the 4/30, 8/31 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
  • 2021 Actuarial Data Master for the 11/30, 12/31 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
  • 2021 Special Provisions for the 11/30, 12/31 Filing Date.

Users can find this information in the following directories:

PM-20-047

In accordance with Section 10 of the SCO Endorsement, approved final area yields for 2019 crop year Buckwheat, Burley Tobacco, Cigar Binder Tobacco, Corn, Cucumbers, Dark Air Tobacco, Dry Beans, Fire Cured Tobacco, Flax, Flue Cured Tobacco, Grain Sorghum, Green Peas, Hybrid Corn Seed, Hybrid Seed Rice, Hybrid Sorghum Seed, Millet, Mustard, Peanuts, Popcorn, Processing Beans, Pumpkins, Rice, Sesame, Silage Sorghum, Soybeans, Sugar Beets, Sunflowers, Sweet Corn, and 11/30 Tomatoes will be available by close of business today in the following formats: