Sunflowers

BACKGROUND:

The Risk Management Agency (RMA) derives prices for certain programs by applying factors and premiums in accordance with the Commodity Exchange Price Provisions (CEPP). The factors and premiums for organic cotton, organic flax, grain sorghum, popcorn, organic popcorn, rice, confectionery sunflowers, and organic sunflowers are provided below.

For the Common Crop Insurance Policy and Area Risk Protection Insurance, the Risk Management Agency (RMA) approved 2024 CY harvest prices for insurance offers with a harvest price discovery period of October 1, 2024, through October 31, 2024. These values may be viewed in the attachment and on RMA’s Price Discovery portal, located here: prodwebnlb.rma.usda.gov/apps/PriceDiscovery.

These values will also be available at the following locations on RMA’s website by November 5, 2024:

In accordance with Section 15 of the ARPI Crop Provisions, Section 10 of the ECO Endorsement, Section 14 of the MP Crop Provisions, and Section 10 of the SCO Endorsement, approved final county yields, final county revenues, harvest revenues, harvest margins and payment factors for the 2023 crop year will be available by close of business June 13, 2024, in the following formats:

The Risk Management Agency (RMA) derives prices for certain programs by applying factors and premiums to conventional projected and harvest prices established in accordance with the Commodity Exchange Price Provisions (CEPP). The factors and premiums for organic rice, organic cotton, popcorn, organic popcorn, confectionery sunflowers, organic sunflowers, and grain sorghum are provided below.

Organic Rice Price Factor

In accordance with Section 15 of the ARPI Crop Provisions, Section 10 of the ECO Endorsement, Section 14 of the MP Crop Provisions, and Section 10 of the SCO Endorsement, approved final county yields, final county revenues, harvest revenues, harvest margins and payment factors for the 2022 crop year will be available by close of business today in the following formats:

Common Crop Insurance Policy & Area Risk Protection Insurance 1

Common Crop Insurance Policy1

The 2023 CY projected prices shown below are approved for the Yield Protection, Revenue Protection, and Revenue Protection with Harvest Price Exclusion plans of insurance. The 2023 CY volatility factors shown below are approved for the Revenue Protection and Revenue Protection with Harvest Price Exclusion plans of insurance. The projected prices and volatility factors apply to policies with a January 31 sales closing date and are applicable for the crops, types, practices, and states indicated below:

The Risk Management Agency (RMA) derives prices for certain programs by applying factors and premiums to conventional projected and harvest prices established in accordance with the Commodity Exchange Price Provisions (CEPP). The factors and premiums for organic rice, organic cotton, popcorn, organic popcorn, confectionery sunflowers, organic sunflowers, grain sorghum, and organic oats are provided below.

As of November 23, 2022 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

• 2022 Actuarial Data Master for the 11/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2023 Actuarial Data Master for the 6/30, 8/31, 11/30, 12/31 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2023 Special Provisions for the 6/30, 11/30, 12/31 Filing Date.

Users can find this information in the following directories: