Grapes

Background

The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation has expanded the number of counties where certain crops are insurable for the 2021 crop year having an August 31 contract change date. The following attachment, 2021 Expansion of Existing Perennial Crop Programs, lists the expansion by crop, state, and county for this permanent (non-pilot) program.

Action

Approved Insurance Providers should advise producers of the expanded county crop program for the 2021 crop year.

DISPOSAL DATE: 
December 31, 2020.

In accordance with Section 15 of the ARPI Crop Provisions and Section 10 of the SCO Endorsement, approved final county yields for the 2019 crop year will be available by close of business today in the following formats:

As of September 16, 2019 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

• 2019 Actuarial Data Master for the 6/30, 11/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2020 Actuarial Data Master for the 6/30, 8/31 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.

Users can find this information in the following directories:

As of September 13, 2019 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

• 2019 Actuarial Data Master for the 4/30, 8/31 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2020 Actuarial Data Master for the 6/30, 8/31 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2020 Special Provisions for the 8/31 Filing Date.

Users can find this information in the following directories:

Background

The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation has expanded the number of counties where certain crops are insurable for the 2020 crop year having an August 31 to October 31 contract change date. The following attachment, 2020 Expansion of Existing Crops Programs, lists the expansion by crop, state, and county for permanently-established (non-pilot) programs.

Action

Approved Insurance Providers should advise producers of the expanded county crop programs for the 2020 crop year.

2020 EXPANSION OF EXISTING CROPS PROGRAMS

The Springfield Regional Office (RO) recently received a number of requests from Approved Insurance Providers (AIP) to further extend the timeline for submitting Pre-Acceptance Inspection Reports (PAIRs). Due to continued inclement weather and high volume of policies requiring a PAIR, the extension requests are approved. Paragraph 1540 of the 2015 FCIC 18010 Crop Insurance Handbook (CIH) authorizes the ROs to extend the deadline up to, but not more than 60 days after the production reporting date.

In accordance with Section 15 of the ARPI Crop Provisions and Section 10 of the SCO Endorsement, approved final county yields for the 2018 crop year will be available by close of business today in the following formats: