Annual Forage

In accordance with Section 8 of the Rainfall and Vegetation Index Plan Common Policy Basic Provisions, final grid indices and payment calculation factors have been determined and approved for the following:

• 2017 Crop Year Rainfall Index April – May Index Interval Final Grid Indices for Annual Forage, Apiculture, and Pasture, Rangeland, Forage;
• 2017 Crop Year Vegetation Index March – May Index Interval Final Grid Indices for Apiculture

The 2018 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/Policy-and-Procedure/Appendix-III-M13-Handbook-Index under the Appendix III/M-13 directory.

Modifications in the 2018 Appendix III include:

As of February 21, 2018 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

• 2017 Actuarial Data Master for the 8/31 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2018 Actuarial Data Master for the 4/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.

Users can find this information in the following directories:

As of January 16, 2018 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

• 2017 Actuarial Data Master for the 8/31 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files
• 2018 Actuarial Data Master for the 4/30, 11/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2018 Special Provisions for the 11/30 Filing Date.

Users can find this information in the following directories:

As of December 07, 2017 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

• 2017 Actuarial Data Master for the 8/31 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2018 Actuarial Data Master for the 4/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.

Users can find this information in the following directories:

As of November 13, 2017 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

• 2017 Actuarial Data Master for the 4/30, 8/31 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.

Users can find this information in the following directories:

• 2017 Actuarial Data Master are in the References/Actuarial_Data_Master/2017 directory.

Additional notes and details regarding this data release:

As of October 16, 2017 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

• 2016 Actuarial Data Master for the 2/28 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2017 Actuarial Data Master for the 4/30, 8/31 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2018 Actuarial Data Master for the 6/30, 8/31 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.

Users can find this information in the following directories:

As of September 15, 2017 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

• 2017 Actuarial Data Master for the 4/30, 8/31, 11/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2018 Actuarial Data Master for the 6/30, 8/31 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.

Users can find this information in the following directories:

As of August 11, 2017 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

• 2017 Actuarial Data Master for the 4/30, 8/31, 11/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2018 Actuarial Data Master for the 8/31, 9/30, 10/31 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2018 Special Provisions for the 8/31, 9/30, 10/31 Filing Date.

Users can find this information in the following directories: