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Blueberries

PM-20-051

The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Board of Directors approved the HIP-WI Endorsement, on November 15, 2019, and approved the End of Insurance Extension Option on June 23, 2020. The option is available for the 2020 crop year for apples, blueberries, grapes, and peaches.

PM-20-049

On May 21, 2020, the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Board of Directors approved the Production and Revenue History (PRH) Pilot Crop Insurance Program for strawberries. The Risk Management Agency (RMA) developed PRH for specialty crops to provide revenue coverage in addition to yield coverage. Features of the program include:

PM-20-030

In accordance with Section 15 of the ARPI Crop Provisions and Section 10 of the SCO Endorsement, approved final county yields for the 2019 crop year will be available by close of business today in the following formats:

PM-18-048

The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Board of Directors approved the Actual Production History (APH) Caneberry Pilot Program on May 24, 2018. This insurance program protects against production losses for fresh raspberry varieties. It is available for the 2019 crop year for producers in the following California Counties: Monterey, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, and Ventura.

IS-15-005

The Springfield Regional Office (RO) recently received a number of requests from Approved Insurance Providers (AIP) to further extend the timeline for submitting Pre-Acceptance Inspection Reports (PAIRs). Due to continued inclement weather and high volume of policies requiring a PAIR, the extension requests are approved. Paragraph 1540 of the 2015 FCIC 18010 Crop Insurance Handbook (CIH) authorizes the ROs to extend the deadline up to, but not more than 60 days after the production reporting date.

IS-14-005

On August 13, 2013, the Risk Management Agency (RMA) Springfield Regional Office (RO) issued Underwriting Guidelines granting Approved Insurance Providers (AIPs) an extension of the PAIR deadline. These guidelines not only extended the deadline for receipt of PAIRs, but also the deadline for receipt of PAIRs when required for RO Determined Yields. The submission dates were extended to 60 calendar days after the Production Reporting Date (PRD), i.e., March 16, 2014.