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Product Management Bulletin-PM-24-039.1 Expanding Options for Specialty and Organic Growers Final Rule Effective for the 2025 and Succeeding Crop Years

Date
To
All Approved Insurance Providers
All Risk Management Agency Field Offices
All Other Interested Parties
From
Richard H. Flournoy, Deputy Administrator /s/ Richard H. Flournoy 8/28/2024
Subject
Expanding Options for Specialty and Organic Growers (EOSOG) Final Rule Effective for the 2025 and Succeeding Crop Years

The Risk Management Agency (RMA) issued Product Management Bulletin PM-24-039 on June 27, 2024, announcing changes to several policies under the Expanding Options for Specialty and Organic Growers (EOSOG) Final Rule. The Common Crop Insurance Provisions Basic Provisions, Area Risk Protection Insurance Basic Provisions, and 7 individual Crop Provisions were released at that time. The remaining regulatory Crop Provisions included in the EOSOG Final Rule and conforming changes in non-regulatory Crop Provisions are planned for public release by their respective contract change dates (CCD).

This bulletin announces the release of those Crop Provisions with an August 31, 2024, CCD.

The following documents will be available by close of business today on the RMA website at www.rma.usda.gov:

  • Almond Crop Provisions (25-028)
  • Avocado (California) Crop Provisions (26-0019)
  • Blueberry Crop Provisions (25-012)
  • Citrus Fruit (Arizona-California APH plan) Crop Provisions (26-0126)
  • Citrus Fruit (California ARH plan) Crop Provisions (2026-0227-ARH-Citrus)
  • Macadamia Nut Crop Provisions (26-0023)

Approved insurance providers must notify policyholders of these changes at least 30 days prior to the cancellation date, as required by the policy.

Interested producers should contact a crop insurance agent for further information. A list of agents can be found on the RMA website at www.rma.usda.gov/tools-reports/agent-locator.

DISPOSAL DATE:
December 31, 2025