MGR-19-004: Beginning Farmer or Rancher Definition under Whole-Farm Revenue Protection for the 2019 and Succeeding Policy Years
Background
The Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018 (Farm Bill) enacted on December 20, 2018, altered the definition of Beginning Farmer or Rancher (BFR) for the purposes of the Whole-Farm Revenue Protection (WFRP) plan of insurance.
The WFRP Pilot Policy currently defines a BFR as:
A farmer or rancher who has not actively operated and managed a farm or ranch with a bona fide insurable interest in a crop or livestock as an owner-operator, landlord, tenant, or sharecropper for more than 5 crop years.