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Actuarial 21-047

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

  • 2021 Actuarial Data Master for the 11/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
  • 2022 Actuarial Data Master for the 11/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.

Users can find this information in the following directories:

PM-21-073

Common Crop Insurance Policy & Area Risk Protection Insurance 1,2

The 2021 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, practices, sales closing dates, and states indicated in the following table.

PM-21-068

Background

The Agricultural Act of 2014 (Farm Bill) instructed the Risk Management Agency (RMA) to offer the Stacked Income Protection Plan of Insurance (STAX) to upland cotton producers, which became effective for the 2015 insurance year and was available in all counties where insurance for upland cotton was available.

In order to provide clarity for determining insurable acres, RMA is making the following modification to the STAX program:

PM-21-066

Background

The Risk Management Agency (RMA) derives prices for certain programs by applying factors and premiums to conventional projected and harvest prices established in accordance with the Commodity Exchange Price Provisions (CEPP). The factors and premiums for organic rice, organic cotton, popcorn, organic popcorn, confectionery sunflowers, and organic sunflowers are provided below.

Action

Organic Rice Price Factor

Actuarial 21-038

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

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

Users can find this information in the following directories:

  • 2021 Actuarial Data Master are in the References/Actuarial_Data_Master/2021 directory.

Additional notes and details regarding this data release:

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-21-041

In accordance with Section 15 of the ARPI Crop Provisions, Section 10 of the SCO Endorsement, and Section 9 of the STAX Cotton Crop Provisions, approved final county yields, final county revenues, and payment factors for the 2020 crop year will be available by close of business today in the following formats:

PM-21-026

Background

In accordance with the Special Provisions, Price B will be established by adding premiums and/or discounts associated with the predominant cotton quality characteristics, as determined by the Farm Service Agency, to the Upland and Extra Long Staple (ELS) Cotton National Average Loan Rates. The predominant quality characteristics of cotton in each state are determined from the most recent three years of Agricultural Marketing Service cotton classing data.