MGR-19-004
Background
The Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018 (Farm Bill) enacted on December 20, 2018, altered the definition of Beginning Farmer or Rancher (BFR) for the purposes of the Whole-Farm Revenue Protection (WFRP) plan of insurance.
The WFRP Pilot Policy currently defines a BFR as:
A farmer or rancher who has not actively operated and managed a farm or ranch with a bona fide insurable interest in a crop or livestock as an owner-operator, landlord, tenant, or sharecropper for more than 5 crop years.