Cotton

BACKGROUND:

The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Board of Directors approved implementation of the Margin Coverage Option (MCO) program, under section 508(h) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act, on May 23, 2024.

MCO provides a band of insurance from 86 percent up to 95 percent of expected crop value to cover producers’ operating margins. MCO will be available as an endorsement for corn, cotton, grain sorghum, soybeans, rice, and spring wheat for the 2026 and succeeding crop years.

For the Common Crop Insurance Policy and Area Risk Protection Insurance, the Risk Management Agency (RMA) approved 2025 CY projected prices and volatility factors for insurance offers with a projected price discovery period of February 1, 2025, through February 28, 2025. These values may be viewed in the attachment and on RMA’s Price Discovery portal, located here: Price Discovery.

These values will also be available at the following locations on RMA’s website by March 5, 2025:

For the Common Crop Insurance Policy and Area Risk Protection Insurance, the Risk Management Agency (RMA) approved 2025 CY projected prices and volatility factors for insurance offers with a projected price discovery period of January 15, 2025, through February 14, 2025. These values may be viewed in the attachment and on RMA’s Price Discovery portal, located here: public-rma.fpac.usda.gov/apps/PriceDiscovery.

These values will also be available at the following locations on RMA’s website by February 20, 2025:

BACKGROUND:

The STAX and SCO programs administered by the Risk Management Agency (RMA) have insurability limitations based on the producer’s enrollment or election status in the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs, which are administered by the Farm Service Agency (FSA). The STAX policy requires producers to report the enrollment status of their acreage in ARC or PLC. The SCO endorsement requires producers to report the election status of their farm for ARC and PLC.

BACKGROUND:

The CEPP – Peanuts factors necessary to establish a producer’s amount of protection under the peanut program for the 2025 CY are identified below. The factors are applied to the commodity prices for wheat, cotton, soybean oil, and soybean meal during the discovery period of February 1, 2025, to February 28, 2025. These factors apply only to states with an SCD of March 15, 2025.

For the Common Crop Insurance Policy, the Risk Management Agency (RMA) approved 2025 CY projected prices and volatility factors for insurance offers with a projected price discovery period of December 15, 2024, through January 14, 2025. These values may be viewed in the attachment and on RMA’s Price Discovery portal, located here:
public-rma.fpac.usda.gov/apps/PriceDiscovery.

These values will also be available at the following locations on RMA’s website by January 17, 2025:

BACKGROUND:

The CEPP – Peanuts factors necessary to establish a producer’s amount of protection under the peanut program for the 2025 CY are identified below. The factors are applied to the commodity prices for wheat, cotton, soybean oil, and soybean meal during the discovery period of January 15, 2025, to February 14, 2025. These factors apply only to states with an SCD of February 28, 2025.

BACKGROUND:

The CEPP – Peanuts factors necessary to establish the insured’s amount of protection under the peanut program for the 2025 CY are identified below. The factors are applied to the commodity prices for wheat, cotton, soybean oil, and soybean meal during the discovery period of December 15, 2024, to January 14, 2025. These factors apply only to states with an SCD of January 31, 2025.

As of December 03, 2024 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

• 2024 Actuarial Data Master for the 11/30, 1/31 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.

Users can find this information in the following directories:

• 2024 Actuarial Data Master are in the References/Actuarial_Data_Master/2024 directory.

Additional notes and details regarding this data release:

For the Common Crop Insurance Policy and Area Risk Protection Insurance, the Risk Management Agency (RMA) approved 2024 CY harvest prices for insurance offers with a harvest price discovery period of November 1, 2024, through November 30, 2024. These values may be viewed in the attachment and on RMA’s Price Discovery portal, located here: public-rma.fpac.usda.gov/apps/PriceDiscovery.

These values will also be available at the following locations on RMA’s website by December 4, 2024: