Enhanced Coverage Option

BACKGROUND:

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), enacted on July 4, 2025, made changes to the Federal Crop Insurance Act. These changes include expanding benefits for beginning farmers and ranchers, increasing coverage options, and making crop insurance more affordable. With this bulletin, the Risk Management Agency (RMA) is implementing sections 10303(b) (Area Risk Coverage and Supplemental Coverage Option Interaction), 10501 (Beginning Farmer and Rancher Benefit), 10502 (Area Based Crop Insurance Coverage and Affordability), and 10504 (Premium Support) of the OBBBA.

As of June 12, 2025 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

• 2024 Actuarial Data Master for the 6/30, 8/31, 11/30, 12/31 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.

Users can find this information in the following directories:

• 2024 Actuarial Data Master are in the References/Actuarial_Data_Master/2024 directory.

Additional notes and details regarding this data release:

In accordance with Section 9 of the STAX Cotton Crop Provisions Section, Section 10 of the ECO Endorsement, Section 10 of the SCO Endorsement, Section 14 of the MP Crop Provisions, and 15 of the ARPI Crop Provisions, approved final county yields, final county revenues, harvest revenues, harvest margins and payment factors for the 2024 crop year will be available by close of business June 13, 2025, in the following formats:

As of June 09, 2025 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

• 2026 Actuarial Data Master for the 6/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2026 Special Provisions for the 6/30 Filing Date.

Users can find this information in the following directories:

• 2026 Actuarial Data Master are in the References/Actuarial_Data_Master/2026 directory.
• 2026 Special Provisions are in the Special_Provisions/2026 directory.

Additional notes and details regarding this data release:

As of May 14, 2025 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

• 2024 Actuarial Data Master for the 6/30, 9/30, 11/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2025 Actuarial Data Master for the 1/31 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2025 Special Provisions for the 1/31 Filing Date.

Users can find this information in the following directories:

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 2024 crop year will be available by close of business May 14, 2025, in the following formats:

As of April 16, 2025 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

• 2023 Actuarial Data Master for the 6/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2024 Actuarial Data Master for the 6/30, 11/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2026 Actuarial Data Master for the 4/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2026 Special Provisions for the 4/30 Filing Date.

Users can find this information in the following directories:

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

As of November 26, 2024 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

• 2024 Actuarial Data Master for the 4/30, 8/31 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2025 Actuarial Data Master for the 6/30, 8/31, 11/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2025 Special Provisions for the 11/30 Filing Date.

Users can find this information in the following directories:

In accordance with Section 15 of the ARPI Crop Provisions, Section 10 of the SCO Endorsement, Section 10 of the ECO Endorsement, and Section 9 of the STAX Cotton Crop Provisions, approved final county yields, final county revenues, and payment factors for the 2023 crop year will be available by close of business today in the following formats: