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Blueberries

MGR-22-003

Background

Severe freeze events throughout the Southeastern United States in March 2022 resulted in significant damage to blueberry crops in Alabama, Georgia, and North Carolina. According to local agricultural experts, freeze-damaged blueberries require producers to act quickly to spray recommended fungicides to help prevent infection, prune to remove dead and damaged tissue to promote new, healthy growth, and take other recommended steps depending on crop type, variety, and frost protection.

MGR-21-012

Background

The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation has expanded the number of counties where certain crops are insurable for the 2022 crop year having an August 31 thru October 31 contract change date. The following attachment, 2022 Expansion of Existing Perennial Crop Programs, lists the expansion by crop, state, and county for permanent (non-pilot) program.

Action

Approved Insurance Providers should advise producers of the expanded county crop programs for the 2022 crop year.

DISPOSAL DATE: 
December 31, 2021

Attachment:

Actuarial 21-024

As of July 30, 2021 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

  • 2020 Actuarial Data Master for the 8/31, 11/30, 12/31 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
  • 2022 Actuarial Data Master for the 4/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.

Users can find this information in the following directories:

PM-21-024

In accordance with Section 10 of the SCO Endorsement, approved final county yields and payment factors for the 2020 crop year will be available by close of business today in the following formats:

PM-21-020

The Risk Management Agency (RMA) is implementing expansion of the Production and Revenue History (PRH) Strawberry Pilot crop insurance program to California as approved by the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Board of Directors.

For crop year 2022, the PRH strawberry policy:

Actuarial 21-015

As of April 23, 2021 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

  • 2022 Actuarial Data Master for the 4/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
  • 2022 Special Provisions for the 4/30 Filing Date.
Users can find this information in the following directories:
  • 2022 Actuarial Data Master are in the References/Actuarial_Data_Master/2022 directory.
  • 2022 Special Provisions are in the Special_Provisions/2022 directory.

Additional notes and details regarding this data release:

Actuarial 21-012

As of April 01, 2021 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

  • 2022 Actuarial Data Master for the 4/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
  • 2022 Special Provisions for the 4/30 Filing Date.

Users can find this information in the following directories:

  • 2022 Actuarial Data Master are in the References/Actuarial_Data_Master/2022 directory.
  • 2022 Special Provisions are in the Special_Provisions/2022 directory.

Additional notes and details regarding this data release:

PM-16-023

Changes have been made to the Actual Revenue History Strawberry Policy based on recommendations resulting from a contracted evaluation and approved by the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Board of Directors.

The following revisions have been made to the Actual Revenue History Strawberry plan program for the 2017 crop year: