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The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) amended the Sugar Beet Crop Provisions for the 2020 and succeeding crop years in all counties with a November 30 contract change date and 2021 and succeeding crop years for all other counties, with the following changes:
The Sugar Beet Crop Insurance Provisions, Section 13(f), added an Early Harvest Factor (EHF) in response to situations when sugar beet processors request a portion of their contracted acres be harvested early. The EHF increases the yield recognized for that year’s harvest, preventing a decline in the producer’s future insurable yield due to early harvest. Section 13(f)(2) stipulates that:
The Risk Management Agency (RMA) is amending the Sugar Beet Crop Insurance Provisions via final rule with request for comments. The final rule with request for comment published in the Federal Register on September 10, 2018. The intended effect of this action is to update the policy to better reflect current agricultural practices. The following policy modifications were made to the Sugar Beet Crop Insurance Provisions:
In accordance with Section 10 of the SCO Endorsement, approved final area yields for 2018 crop year Buckwheat, Burley Tobacco, Cigar Binder Tobacco, Corn, Cucumbers, Dark Air Tobacco, Dry Beans, Fire Cured Tobacco, Flax, Flue Cured Tobacco, Grain Sorghum, Green Peas, Hybrid Corn Seed, Hybrid Seed Rice, Hybrid Sorghum Seed, Millet, Mustard, Peanuts, Popcorn, Processing Beans, Pumpkins, Rice, Sesame, Silage Sorghum, Soybeans, Sugar Beets, Sunflowers, Sweet Corn, and Tomatoes with a November 30th Contract Change Date will be available by close of business today in the following formats:
The Risk Management Agency (RMA) revised the Sugar Beet Crop Provisions to incorporate changes made in the Final Rule published in the Federal Register on September 10, 2018. The Sugar Beet Underwriting procedures and Loss Adjustment Standards Handbook are effective for the 2019 and succeeding crop years in states with a November 30 contract change date, and for the 2020 and succeeding crop years in all other states. The intended effect of the underwriting and loss procedures is to reflect changes in the revised Sugar Beet Crop Provisions.
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.
Approved Insurance Providers should advise producers of the expanded county crop programs for the 2019 and 2020 crop year.
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Due to excess moisture, delayed harvest situations, and freezing temperatures in parts of Minnesota and North Dakota, processors are rejecting harvest and delivery of remaining unharvested sugar beets for the 2018 Crop Year. As a result, unharvested sugar beets are still frozen in the ground due to an insurable cause of loss that occurred during the insurance period.
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