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The Risk Management Agency (RMA) and the Dairy Revenue Protection (DRP) submitter identified that there is potential for prices to vary from the market-closing price established on Friday afternoon as compared to prices when trading resumes on Sunday afternoon.
The policy provisions of the Whole-Farm Revenue Protection (WFRP) program allow producers and approved insurance providers to request an interpretation of policy or procedure. The provisions relating to requesting an Interpretation of Procedure (IoP) are set forth in section 33(a)(1) of the WFRP policy, which require IoPs to be made in accordance with 7 C.F.R.
On November 15, 2019, the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation's Board of Directors (Board) approved revisions to the Dairy Revenue protection (DRP) plan of insurance, under section 508(h) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act. The following revisions are applicable for the 2021 and succeeding crop years:
On December 19, 2019, the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Board of Directors approved the Hemp APH Insurance Program, a privately developed product submitted under section 508(h) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act. It is available for the 2020 crop year for producers in certain counties in Alabama, California, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and Wisconsin.
The Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018 (Farm Bill) enacted on December 20, 2018, includes language in Section 11122 to improve effectiveness of WFRP. Per the Farm Bill, the Risk Management Agency (RMA) held several stakeholder meetings with agents, producers, and grower groups to solicit recommendations to increase flexibility and effectiveness of the program. As a result of these meetings, RMA presented several changes to the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Board of Directors (FCIC Board).
The 2016 CY projected prices shown below are approved for the following plans of insurance: Yield Protection, Area Yield Protection, Revenue Protection, Area Revenue Protection, Revenue Protection with Harvest Price Exclusion and Area Revenue Protection - Harvest Price Exclusion. The 2016 CY volatility factors shown below are approved for the following plans of insurance: Revenue Protection, Area Revenue Protection, Revenue Protection with Harvest Price Exclusion and Area Revenue Protection - Harvest Price Exclusion.
Changes for the 2016 crop year to the Whole Farm Revenue Protection (WFRP) plan of insurance included removal of the 35 percent of expected revenue limitation for animals and animal products (livestock) resulting in greater access to WFRP for these producers. Approved Insurance Providers (AIPs) and agents are reminded the WFRP policy requires underwriting capacity to be available for animals and animal products before an application may be accepted. WFRP uses the fund associated with conducting livestock programs, which is $20,000,000 each Fiscal Year.
Common Crop Insurance Policy & Area Risk Protection Insurance1
The 2016 CY projected prices shown below are approved for the Yield Protection, Area Yield Protection, Revenue Protection, Area Revenue Protection, Revenue Protection with Harvest Price Exclusion and Area Revenue Protection - Harvest Price Exclusion plans of insurance. The 2016 CY volatility factors shown below are approved for the Revenue Protection, Area Revenue Protection, Revenue Protection with Harvest Price Exclusion and Area Revenue Protection - Harvest Price Exclusion plans of insurance.
When determining the amount payable for a Whole-Farm Revenue Protection (WFRP) claim, some sources of revenue in addition to direct sales of commodities are included as revenue-to-count. These sources of revenue may reflect income related to the commodities on the farm operation, such as income to compensate the producer for damage to insured commodities other than WFRP indemnities.
