Cotton

Common Crop Insurance Policy and Area Risk Protection Insurance ¹

The 2020 CY harvest prices shown below are approved for the following plans of insurance: Revenue Protection, Area Revenue Protection, Revenue Protection with Harvest Price Exclusion, and Area Revenue Protection – Harvest Price Exclusion. The harvest prices are applicable for the crops, sales closing dates, states, types, and practices indicated in the following table.

As of October 02, 2020 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

• 2020 Actuarial Data Master for the 6/30, 11/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2021 Actuarial Data Master for the 4/30, 6/30, 9/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.

Users can find this information in the following directories:

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Background

Excessive precipitation associated with Hurricane Hanna has caused flooding in Texas. A significant amount of unharvested cropland acres is flooded above the edible portion of the crop, resulting in production which is considered adulterated under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and may be injurious to human or animal health.

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In accordance with Section 10 of the SCO Endorsement and Section 9 of the STAX Cotton Crop Provisions, approved final area yields and final area revenues for 2019 crop year Cotton, Cotton Ex Long Staple, Safflower and California Tomatoes will be available by close of business today in the following formats:

Background

The Commodity Exchange Price Provisions (CEPP) are used in conjunction with either the Common Crop Insurance Policy Basic Provisions or the Area Risk Protection Insurance Basic Provisions, along with Crop Provisions for the following crops: barley, canola/rapeseed, corn, cotton, grain sorghum, rice, soybeans, sunflowers and wheat.

The CEPP specifies how and when the projected and harvest price components will be determined. The CEPP contains two sections:

Background

In accordance with the Special Provisions, Price B will be established by adding premiums and/or discounts associated with the predominant cotton quality characteristics, as determined by the Farm Service Agency, to the Upland and ELS Cotton National Average Loan Rates. The predominant quality characteristics of cotton in each state are determined from the most recent three years of Agricultural Marketing Service cotton classing data.

Common Crop Insurance Policy & Area Risk Protection Insurance ¹