Hybrid Vegetable Seed

Background

The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) Board of Directors approved changes to the Hybrid Vegetable Seed crop insurance program, under section 508(h) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act, on February 22, 2024.

The following changes are applicable for the 2025 and succeeding crop years:

The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation’s Board of Directors (Board) approved revisions to the Hybrid Vegetable Seed plan of insurance, under section 508(h) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act, on February 17, 2022. The policy was revised to determine the amount of insurance in terms of gross acres instead of female acres.

The following documents will be available by close of business today on the RMA website at www.rma.usda.gov:

The Risk Management Agency is making clarifications to the Hybrid Vegetable Seed crop insurance program for the 2022 crop year to address approved insurance provider (AIP) and producer questions. The program was privately developed in accordance with section 508(h) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act.

The following changes are applicable for the 2022 and succeeding crop years:

The 2020 Appendix III to the Standard Reinsurance Agreement and the Livestock Price Reinsurance Agreement (Appendix III) has been updated with approved modifications. Appendix III is available electronically via the Risk Management Agency (RMA) website at www.rma.usda.gov/en/Policy-and-Procedure/ under the Appendix III/M- 13 directory.

Modifications in the 2020 Appendix III include:

As of June 13, 2019 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

• 2018 Actuarial Data Master for the 8/31, 11/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2019 Actuarial Data Master for the 4/30, 6/30, 8/31, 11/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2020 Actuarial Data Master for the 4/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2020 Special Provisions for the 4/30 Filing Date.

Users can find this information in the following directories:

As of May 15, 2019 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

• 2020 Actuarial Data Master for the 4/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2020 Special Provisions for the 4/30 Filing Date.

Users can find this information in the following directories:

• 2020 Actuarial Data Master are in the References/Actuarial_Data_Master/2020 directory.
• 2020 Special Provisions are in the Special_Provisions/2020 directory.

Additional notes and details regarding this data release:

The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Board of Directors approved the Hybrid Vegetable Seed Insurance Program, a privately developed product that was submitted and approved under section 508(h) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act, on March 27, 2019. This insurance program protects against production losses for Hybrid Carrot Seed. It is available for the 2020 crop year for producers in Crook, Deschutes, Jefferson, and Wasco counties in Oregon and Yakima county in Washington.