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On April 1, 2026, the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) published the Removal of Regulatory Overreach and Federal Crop Insurance Policy Provisions final rule (91 FR 16151).
On May 23, 2024, the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) Board of Directors approved the Fire Insurance Protection - Smoke Index (FIP-SI) Endorsement. It is available beginning with the 2025 crop year as additional coverage for the Common Crop Insurance Policy, Basic Provisions and the Actual Production History Grape Crop Provisions in counties located in California. The coverage provided by this Endorsement may be combined with the Supplemental Coverage Option (SCO) Endorsement or the Catastrophic Risk Protection Endorsement (CAT).
The Fire Insurance Protection-Smoke Index (FIP-SI) Endorsement covers a portion of the deductible of the Grape Crop Provisions when the insured county experiences a minimum number of Smoke Events as determined by the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) in accordance with the Smoke Data Provisions (SDP) and identified in the actuarial documents.
As of November 16, 2023 the following information is now available on the FTP site:
Users can find this information in the following directories:
The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) has revised the Catastrophic Risk Protection Endorsement, the Area Risk Protection Insurance Regulations, and the Common Crop Insurance Regulations, Basic Provisions to incorporate changes made in the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (“2018 Farm Bill”). A Final Rule published in the Federal Register on June 28, 2019.
This rule revises the provisions regarding the:
Section 11110 of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 increased the Catastrophic Risk Protection (CAT) Endorsement administrative fee from $300 to $655 for each crop in the county.
The Federal Crop Insurance Act mandates that the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) offer a catastrophic risk protection plan to indemnify producers for decreases in yield due to natural causes of loss. It covers losses greater than 50 percent loss in yield, indemnified at 55 percent of the expected market price. FCIC generally subsidizes the entire premium amount.
The Risk Management Agency (RMA) has revised the Margin Protection Plan of Insurance for the 2019 crop year, as follows:
The Risk Management Agency (RMA) has revised the Catastrophic Risk Protection Endorsement, the Area Risk Protection Insurance Regulations, and the Common Crop Insurance Regulations Basic Provisions to incorporate changes made in the 2014 Farm Bill Final Rule published in the Federal Register on June 30, 2016.
The Common Crop Insurance Policy Basic Provisions also includes changes that were made in the Double Cropping Final Rule with Request for Comments published in the Federal Register on June 22, 2016.
