Florida Fruit Tree

Background

Hurricane Ian has caused catastrophic damage in Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. The Risk Management Agency (RMA), in conjunction with Approved Insurance Providers (AIPs), recognizes the need for authorizing emergency procedures to streamline determinations on specific crops and accelerate the adjustment of losses and issuance of indemnity payments to crop insurance policyholders in impacted areas.

As of January 11, 2022 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

• 2021 Actuarial Data Master for the 4/30, 8/31 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2022 Actuarial Data Master for the 4/30, 1/31 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2022 Special Provisions for the 1/31 Filing Date.

Users can find this information in the following directories:

Background

Many state and local governments have issued “stay at home” orders in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which may preclude agents from meeting with policyholders or potential policyholders to obtain signatures associated with various reporting requirements, written agreements, and the purchase of new coverage or adjustments to current policy elections.

As of January 27, 2020 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

• 2020 Actuarial Data Master for the 11/30, 1/31 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2020 Special Provisions for the 11/30 Filing Date.

Users can find this information in the following directories:

• 2020 Actuarial Data Master are in the References/Actuarial_Data_Master/2020 directory.
• 2020 Special Provisions are in the Special_Provisions/2020 directory.

Additional notes and details regarding this data release:

Background

The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) revised the Florida Fruit Tree Crop Provisions and Insurance Standards Handbook for the 2021 and succeeding crop years. These materials were revised to clarify the optional unit structure provisions and procedure.

Action

The following documents will be available by close of business today on the RMA website at www.rma.usda.gov:

As of February 15, 2019 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

• 2018 Actuarial Data Master for the 8/31 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2019 Actuarial Data Master for the 4/30, 6/30, 11/30, 1/31, 2/28 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2019 Special Provisions for the 1/31, 2/28 Filing Date.

Users can find this information in the following directories:

The Risk Management Agency (RMA) has revised the Florida Fruit Tree Crop Provisions to clarify definitions and unit structures, adjust the period when insurance attaches, and remove restrictions on written agreements.” The Florida Fruit Tree Crop Provisions (2020-0014) are effective for the 2020 and succeeding crop years.

Action

RMA will place, by close of business today, the Florida Fruit Tree Crop Provisions for the 2020 crop year on the RMA website at www.rma.usda.gov/.

As of January 29, 2019 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

• 2019 Actuarial Data Master for the 11/30, 1/31 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.

Users can find this information in the following directories:

• 2019 Actuarial Data Master are in the References/Actuarial_Data_Master/2019 directory.

Additional notes and details regarding this data release:

Background

On September 22, 2017, the Risk Management Agency (RMA) issued MGR-17-014, Emergency Procedures for Crops Damaged by Hurricane Irma, authorizing emergency procedures for all counties in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina.

Since the issuance of MGR-17-014, RMA has received additional questions regarding the procedures related to Florida Citrus Fruit. This bulletin is to clarify emergency procedures related to Florida Citrus Fruit.