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MGR 19-022: 2020 Crop Year County Crops Program Expansion

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

MGR-17-004: Claims Advisory - 2017 Freeze Damage in the Southeast, primarily Georgia and South Carolina

Background 

Severe freeze events in the Southeastern United States on March 15-16, 2017, have resulted in significant and varying crop damage, particularly for blueberry and peach growers in Georgia and South Carolina. Some reports indicate the freeze event may have damaged 80 percent of the blueberry crop in Southern Georgia and 85 to 90 percent of early and midseason peach varieties in both states. Crops that advanced early, due to an unusually warm January and February, were damaged by the March freeze.

MGR-19-001: 2019 and 2020 Crop Year County Perennial and Spring Crops Program Expansion

Background

The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation has expanded the number of counties where certain crops are insurable for the 2019 and 2020 crop year. The following attachments, 2019 Expansion of Existing Perennial and Spring Crops Programs and 2020 Expansion of Existing Perennial 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 2019 and 2020 crop year.

Attachment

IS-15-005: 30 Day Extension of Perennial Crop Pre-Acceptance Inspection Report (PAIR) Deadlines for Peaches, Apples, Blueberries and Grapes in Michigan

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.