Blueberries
MGR-17-004: Claims Advisory - 2017 Freeze Damage in the Southeast, primarily Georgia and South Carolina
Background
Severe freeze events in the Southeastern United States on March 15-16, 2017, have resulted in significant and varying crop damage, particularly for blueberry and peach growers in Georgia and South Carolina. Some reports indicate the freeze event may have damaged 80 percent of the blueberry crop in Southern Georgia and 85 to 90 percent of early and midseason peach varieties in both states. Crops that advanced early, due to an unusually warm January and February, were damaged by the March freeze.
PM-19-026: 2018 Crop Year Area Risk Protection Insurance (ARPI) Final County Yields for Forage Production; 2018 Crop Year Supplemental Coverage Option (SCO) Final Area Yields for Almonds, Blueberries, Peaches, Apples, Grapes, Prunes, Walnuts, ...
In accordance with Section 15 of the ARPI Crop Provisions and Section 10 of the SCO Endorsement, approved final county yields for the 2018 crop year will be available by close of business today in the following formats:
PM-18-024: 2017 Crop Year Area Risk Protection Insurance (ARPI) Final County Yields for Forage Production; 2017 Crop Year Supplemental Coverage Option (SCO) Final Area Yields for Almonds, Blueberries, Peaches, Apples, Grapes, Prunes, Walnuts, Grapefruit..
In accordance with Section 3 of the ARPI Crop Provisions and Section 10 of the SCO Endorsement, approved final county yields for the 2017 crop year will be available by close of business today in the following formats:
MGR-17-012: 2018 Crop Year County Perennial Crops Program Expansion
Background
The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation has expanded the number of counties where certain crops are insurable for the 2018 crop year. The following attachment, 2018 Expansion of Existing Perennial Crops Programs, lists the expansion by crop, state, and county for permanently-established (non-pilot) programs.
Action
Approved Insurance Providers should advise agents and in turn producers of the expanded county crop programs for the 2018 crop year to allow producers the opportunity to purchase crop insurance.