Cotton

Common Crop Insurance Policy & Area Risk Protection Insurance ^{1, 2}

The 2020 CY harvest prices shown below are approved for the following plans of insurance: Revenue Protection, Area Revenue Protection, Revenue Protection with Harvest Price Exclusion and Area Revenue Protection – Harvest Price Exclusion. The harvest prices are applicable for the crops, types, practices, sales closing dates and states indicated in the following table.

Background

The Farm Service Agency issued a correction to the 2020 Upland Cotton schedule of loan premiums and discounts. The correction removed the discount for cotton classed in the uniformity range of 80.0-80.9. As a result, the Risk Management Agency’s published Price B for Texas and Virginia have each increased by $0.0005.

Action

For Texas and Virginia Only:

Common Crop Insurance Policy and Area Risk Protection Insurance ¹

The 2020 CY harvest prices shown below are approved for the following plans of insurance: Revenue Protection, Area Revenue Protection, Revenue Protection with Harvest Price Exclusion, and Area Revenue Protection – Harvest Price Exclusion. The harvest prices are applicable for the crops, sales closing dates, states, types, and practices indicated in the following table.

As of October 02, 2020 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

• 2020 Actuarial Data Master for the 6/30, 11/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2021 Actuarial Data Master for the 4/30, 6/30, 9/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.

Users can find this information in the following directories:

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In accordance with Section 10 of the SCO Endorsement and Section 9 of the STAX Cotton Crop Provisions, approved final area yields and final area revenues for 2019 crop year Cotton, Cotton Ex Long Staple, Safflower and California Tomatoes will be available by close of business today in the following formats:

Background

The Commodity Exchange Price Provisions (CEPP) are used in conjunction with either the Common Crop Insurance Policy Basic Provisions or the Area Risk Protection Insurance Basic Provisions, along with Crop Provisions for the following crops: barley, canola/rapeseed, corn, cotton, grain sorghum, rice, soybeans, sunflowers and wheat.

The CEPP specifies how and when the projected and harvest price components will be determined. The CEPP contains two sections: