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The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) Board of Directors (Board) approved revisions to the Livestock Risk Protection (LRP), Livestock Gross Margin (LGM), Dairy Revenue Protection (DRP) plans of insurance under section 508(h) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act. The following revisions are applicable for the 2025 and succeeding crop years:
Livestock Risk Protection changes include:
The Risk Management Agency has been asked whether Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) published prices released in the latter part of the prior policy year can be considered appropriate when establishing an expected value for a commodity under WFRP when the prices for that commodity have declined prior to the application for WFRP. The WFRP Pilot Policy provides direction on how to address this situation.
The Risk Management Agency (RMA) periodically receives inquiries from producers who are interested in WFRP and Micro Farm but are unable to find an agent willing to sell and service these policies. In 2022 and 2023, RMA conducted extensive outreach to directly educate producers, agents, and Approved Insurance Providers (AIPs) about WFRP and Micro Farm. Over 2,000 people attended these events with feedback resulting in meaningful policy updates and an increase in Micro Farm sales.
On August 17, 2023, under section 508(h) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Board of Directors approved revisions to the Dairy Revenue Protection (DRP) Commodity Exchange Endorsement (CEE) for the 2024 crop year for all endorsements that have an effective date on or after September 16, 2023, and for the 2025 and succeeding crop years. The changes include:
DRP CEE:
As of August 31, 2023 the following information is now available on the FTP site:
Users can find this information in the following directories:
Additional notes and details regarding this data release:
The Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018 (Farm Bill) included language to improve the effectiveness of WFRP. The Risk Management Agency (RMA) continues to solicit stakeholder recommendations. In response to feedback from local foods producers, grower organizations, and industry partners including approved insurance providers and agent organizations, RMA recommended changes to WFRP and Micro Farm to the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) Board of Directors (Board).
As of August 16, 2023 the following information is now available on the FTP site:
Users can find this information in the following directories:
Farmers and ranchers are facing natural disasters in many parts of the nation causing catastrophic damage to crops. Concerns have been expressed about the requirement to pay crop insurance premiums timely to avoid accrual of interest.
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