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2011 Announcements

NOVEMBER 11/30/11 PM-11-057 Actual Production History Olive Program 11/30/11 Olive Crop Provisions 11/30/11 Olive Crop Insurance Standards Handbook 11/30/11 Olive Loss Adjustment Standards Handbook 11/30/11 PM-11-056 2012 Sunflower Special Provision Statements for Hulling Oils and Optional Units by Type 11/28/11 Final Agency Determination 148 Defining Good Farming Practices 11/28/11 PM-10-055 2012 Crop Year (CY) Organic Practice Cotton Price Premium and Popcorn Revenue Factor 11/28/11 PM-10-054 Acceptable Records for Vertically Integrated Producers 11/28/11 Program Announcement: USDA Moving to Lower Insurance Premiums for Corn and Soybean Producers in 2012 11/28/11 2012 Cottonseed Pilot Endorsement 11/28/11 2012 Cottonseed Pilot Endorsement Insurance Standards Handbook 11/18/11 2012 AUP & ELS Cotton Loss Adjustment Standards Handbook 11/18/11 2012 Loss Adjustment Manual Standards Handbook 11/18/11 Popcorn Revenue Coverage Loss Adjustment Standards Handbook 11/18/11 Popcorn Revenue Coverage Underwriting Guide 11/18/11 Popcorn Revenue Coverage Crop Provisions 11/18/11 PM-10-053 Popcorn Revenue Coverage Pilot Program 11/18/11 MGR-11-015 Verifiable Record Requirements to Qualify for Fresh Apple Production by Unit 11/03/11 PM-10-052 2011 Crop Year Rainfall Index Final Grid Indices for Apiculture and Pasture, Rangeland, Forage; 2011 Crop Year Vegetation Index Final Grid Indices for Apiculture and Pasture, Rangeland, Forage 11/03/11 2012 Sunflower Seed Loss Adjustment Standards Handbook - with Slipsheets 11/01/11 MGR-11-014 Loss Adjustment for Late Apple Harvest in the Pacific Northwest 11/01/11 PM-10-051 2011 Crop Year Common Crop Insurance Policy Harvest Prices and Group Risk Income Protection Harvest Prices Announcement 11/01/11 PM-10-050 2011 Crop Year Group Risk Plan Payment Landings for Oysters OCTOBER 10/31/11 PM-11-049 Actual Production History Pistachio Pilot Program 10/31/11 APH-Pistachio Crop Provisions 10/31/11 APH-Pistachio Underwriting Guide 10/31/11 APH-Pistachio Loss Adjustment Standard Handbook 10/31/11 Program Announcement: Problem with Livestock Gross Margin (LGM) Dairy Sales 10/26/11 PM-11-048 2011 Crop Year Rainfall Index Final Grid Indices for Apiculture and Pasture, Rangeland, Forage 2011 Crop Year Vegetation Index Final Grid Indices for Apiculture and Pasture, Rangeland, Forage 10/24/11 Program Announcement: New Pistachio Pilot Crop Insurance Program Approved for Selected Counties in California, Arizona and New Mexico 10/19/11 Program Announcement: RMA Announces Expenditures for 2012 Livestock Insurance Program 10/19/11 PM-11-046 Trend-Adjusted Actual Production History 10/19/11 Trend-Adjusted APH Procedures 10/19/11 Corn and Soybean Trend-Adjusted APH Availability Maps 10/19/11 Corn Trend-Adjusted APH Availability Table to Support Map 10/19/11 Soybean Trend-Adjusted APH Availability Table to Support Map 10/19/11 PM-11-047 2012 Crop Year Common Crop Insurance Policy Projected Prices and Volatility Factors Announcement 10/19/11 2012 Sesame Loss Adjustment Standards Handbook 10/19/11 2012 Stonefruit Loss Adjustment Standards Handbook 10/03/11 PM-11-045 2011 Crop Year Common Crop Insurance Policy Harvest Prices Announcement SEPTEMBER 09/28/11 IS-11-012 Claims Advisory – Claims Documentation of Flood Damaged Crops 09/27/11 Program Announcement: FCIC Announces Conclusion of Pilot Biotechnology Endorsement Program 09/27/11 Program Announcement: FCIC Board Approves APH Yield Option for Insured Corn and Soybeans in 14 States 09/16/11 PM-11-044 2011 Crop Year (CY) Common Crop Insurance Policy Harvest Prices and 2012 CY Common Crop Insurance Policy Projected Prices; Group Risk Income Protection Expected Prices; Malting Barley Additional Value Price; and Oats Additional Price Election Announcement 09/16/11 PM-11-043 2011 Crop Year Rainfall Index Final Grid Indices for Apiculture and Pasture, Rangeland, Forage 2011 Crop Year Vegetation Index Final Grid Indices for Apiculture and Pasture, Rangeland, Forage 09/13/11 IS-11-011 Claims Advisory - American Upland (AUP) and Extra Long Staple (ELS) Cotton Planting Patterns in West Texas 09/13/11 IS-11-010 Claims Advisory - Claims on Flood Damage Crops 09/13/11 Texas Citrus Tree Loss Adjustment Standard Handbook 09/08/11 Final Agency Determination 147 Applying Loss Credit to Offset Premium 09/08/11 2013 Arizona-California Citrus Loss Adjustment Standards Handbook 09/01/11 PM-11-040 2011 Crop Year (CY) Common Crop Insurance Policy and Group Risk Income Protection (GRIP) Harvest Prices Announcement 09/01/11 PM-11-041 2011 Crop Year Rainfall Index Final Grid Indices for Apiculture and Pasture, Rangeland, Forage 2011 Crop Year Vegetation Index Final Grid Indices for Apiculture and Pasture, Rangeland, Forage 09/01/11 Program Announcement: Sales Closing Dates Near 09/01/11 MGR-11-013 Texas Citrus Tree Crop Provisions for the 2012 Crop Year AUGUST 08/30/11 PM-11-039 Pasture, Rangeland, Forage (PRF) and Apiculture (API) Pilot Programs - Acreage Report Date (ARD) and Sales Closing Date (SCD) Requirements 08/30/11 2012 Prevented Planting Loss Adjustment Standards Handbook 08/30/11 2012 Crop Insurance Handbook Summary of Changes 08/24/11 PM-11-038 Cultivated Clam Pilot Crop Insurance Program 08/24/11 2012 Cultivated Clam Pilot Crop Provisions 08/24/11 2012 Cultivated Clam Pilot Underwriting Guide 08/24/11 2012 Cultivated Clam Pilot Loss Adjustment Standards Handbook 08/24/11 2012 Tomato, Fresh Market (GP Plan) Loss Adjustment Standards Handbook - Handbook with Slipsheets 08/19/11 MGR-11-012 Emergency Loss Adjustment Procedures Due to 2011 Crop Year Flooding 08/15/11 PM-11-037 2012 Crop Year (CY) Common Crop Insurance Policy Projected Prices and Volatility Factors Announcement 08/15/11 2012 Crop Insurance Handbook Slipsheets 08/12/11 Final Agency Determination 146 Wildlife Food Plot 08/05/11 PM-11-036 2011 Crop Year (CY) Common Crop Insurance Policy and Group Risk Income Protection (GRIP) Harvest Prices Announcement 08/05/11 2012 Pear Loss Adjustment Standards Handbook - Handbook with Slipsheets JULY 07/28/11 IS-11-008 Claims Alert Adjustment of Losses for Florida Citrus Fruit Insured as Fresh Fruit and Sold for Juice 07/28/11 IS-11-009 Claims Alert Eligible Acreage for Prevented Planting 07/28/11 PM-11-035 2011 Crop Year Rainfall Index Final Grid Indices for Apiculture and Pasture, Rangeland, Forage - 2011 Crop Year Vegetation Index Final Grid Indices for Apiculture and Pasture, Rangeland, Forage 07/26/11 MGR-11-011 One Sample Strategy for Aflatoxin Testing in Texas 07/25/11 2012 Macadamia Tree Loss Adjustment Standards Handbook 07/25/11 PM-11-034 2010 Crop Year Group Risk Plan Payment Yields for Sugarcane 07/22/11 IS-11-005 Claims Advisory – Wheat Streak Mosaic Appraisal Modification 07/22/11 IS-11-006 Agent Compensation - Schemes or Devices 07/22/11 IS-11-007 Claims Alert – Diverted Irrigation Water for the 2011 Crop Year 07/22/11 MGR-11-010 Flooding of the Dyer County, Tennessee Levee and Drainage District 07/22/11 2012 Almond Loss Adjustment Standards Handbook 07/12/11 Final Agency Determination 145 Prevented Plant 07/11/11 PM-11-033 2012 Reinsurance Year Livestock Gross Margin for Swine Revisions 07/11/11 2012 Apple Adjustment Standards Handbook 07/01/11 PM-11-032 2011 Crop Year (CY) Common Crop Insurance Policy Harvest Prices and Group Risk Income Protection (GRIP) Harvest Prices Announcement JUNE 06/30/11 PM-11-030 2011 Crop Year Rainfall Index Final Grid Indices for Apiculture and Pasture, Rangeland, Forage 2011 Crop Year Vegetation Index Final Grid Indices for Apiculture and Pasture, Rangeland, Forage 06/30/11 PM-11-031 2012 Appendix III, Data Acceptance System Handbook 06/30/11 USDA Announces Revision in Prevented Planting Requirement for Prairie Pothole States 06/30/11 2012 Crop Insurance Handbook (CIH) Summary of Changes 06/30/11 2012 Document and Supplemental Standards Handbook (DSSH) 06/30/11 2012 Written Agreement Handbook (WAH) 06/30/11 2012 Mint Loss Adjustment Standards Handbook 06/30/11 MGR-11-009 Additional Time for Acreage Reporting in Certain Areas Impacted by Flooding and Excessive Precipitation 06/27/11 PM-11-028 2010 Crop Year Group Risk Plan Payment Yields and Group Risk Income Protection Plan Final County Yields and County Revenues for Cotton 06/27/11 PM-11-029 2010 Crop Year Season Average Market Prices for Tobacco 06/24/11 MGR-11-008 2011 Financial Assistance Program (FAP) for Producers in Targeted States 06/24/11 2012 Small Grains Loss Adjustment Standards Handbook - Updated Handbook with Slipsheets 06/24/11 Final Agency Determination 144 Clarifying How and When T-Yields are Used 06/24/11 Final Agency Determination 143 Insurable Acreage for Tomatoes 06/16/11 PM-11-027 Forage Seed Pilot Crop Insurance Program 06/16/11 Request for Applications: Risk Management Education and Targeted States 06/16/11 S-11-004.1 - Claims Alert - Prevented Planting and Reduced Irrigation Water Allocations for Southwest Nebraska for 2011 Crop Year 06/16/11 MGR-11-007 - Coverage for Cotton Planted Into a Cover Crop 06/16/11 RMA Clarifies Prevented Planting Rules in Aftermath of Severe Flooding 06/16/11 IS-11-004 - Claims Alert - Prevented Planting and Reduced Irrigation Water Allocations for Southwest Nebraska for 2011 Crop Year 06/13/11 MGR-10-012.1 - Guidance Regarding Section III(a)(2)(K) of the Standard Reinsurance Agreement 06/10/11 Frequently Asked Questions: Recent Flooding 06/10/11 MGR-11-006 New Breaking Written Agreements and Crop Insurance Availability on Native Sod 06/10/11 Extra Long Staple Cotton Crop Provisions for the 2012 Crop Year 06/10/11 Prevented Planting Coverage for Crops Following a Cover Crop 06/10/11 Hawaii Tropical Fruit Pilot Program Actual Production History Requirements 06/10/11 Cover Crops and Prevented Planting Update for Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio 06/10/11 2012 Canola and Rapeseed Loss Adjustment Standards Handbook 06/02/11 PM-11-022 Nursery Hardiness Zone Changes in Florida for 2012 06/02/11 PM-11-023 2011 Crop Year Rainfall Index Final Grid Indices for Apiculture and Pasture, Rangeland, Forage 2011 Crop Year Vegetation Index Final Grid Indices for Apiculture and Pasture, Rangeland, Forage MAY 05/27/11 PM-11-021 2011 Crop Year Prune Reference Date and Average Dry Count per Pound for California Prune Counties 05/19/11 MGR-11-005 Flooding of the Morganza Floodway and the Atchafalaya Basin 05/18/11 Insured Cropland Affected by Flooding Will Be Covered 05/18/11 2011 Pear Loss Adjustment Standards Handbook - Updated Handbook including Slipsheets 05/17/11 PM-11-020 Commodity Exchange Price Provisions for the 2012 Crop Year 05/17/11 Commodity Exchange Price Provisions 05/13/11 Final Agency Determinations 142 Harvest of Cover Crop with Prevented Planting 05/11/11 Update: Prevented Planting Insurance Provisions/Flood Fact Sheet 05/11/11 Final Agency Determinations 140 Revising the Approved Yield and Guarantee 05/11/11 Final Agency Determinations 141 Defining "Area" for Prevented Planting Policies 05/05/11 PM-11-019 2010 Crop Year Group Risk Plan Payment Yields for Forage Production APRIL 04/29/11 Final Agency Determination 137 Clarification to Definition of "Agricultural Experts" 04/29/11 Final Agency Determination 138 Clarification regarding Insurable Acreage for Fresh Market Peppers 04/29/11 Final Agency Determination 139 Properly Treated Soil for Fresh Market Peppers 04/25/11 PM-11-018 2011 Crop Year Rainfall Index Final Grid Indices for Apiculture and Pasture, Rangeland, Forage 04/20/11 Final Agency Determination 136 Clarification to the Arbitration Process 04/20/11 IS-11-003 Notice of Intent to Seek Outside Parties to Research the Reasonable and Necessary Economic Cost of Program Delivery 04/08/11 PM-11-017 2010 Crop Year Group Risk Plan Payment Yields and Group Risk Income Protection Plan Final County Yields and County Revenues for Corn, Grain Sorghum, and Soybeans 04/05/11 PM-11-016 Updates/Patches to 2011 and 2012 Nursery Inventory and Appraisal Software MARCH 03/31/11 PM-11-015 2010 Crop Year Group Risk Plan Payment Yields and Group Risk Income Protection Plan Final County Yields and County Revenues for Wheat 03/30/11 PM-11-014 Actual Revenue History Strawberry Pilot Program Strawberry Pilot Crop Provisions 2012 ARH Strawberry Pilot Insurance Standards Handbook 2012 ARH Strawberry Pilot Loss Adjustment Standards Handbook 03/24/11 2011 Northern Potato Loss Adjustment Standards Handbook 03/24/11 2012 Florida Citrus Fruit Loss Adjustment Standards Handbook 03/16/11 PM-11-013 Guidelines for Quality Adjustment for the Tobacco Program 03/16/11 2011 Sunflower Seed Loss Adjustment Standards Handbook - Updated Handbook including Slipsheets 03/11/11 2011 Prevented Planting Loss Adjustment Standards Handbook - Updated Handbook including Slipsheets 03/11/11 SRA Documents 03/11/11 IS-11-002 2012 Standard Reinsurance Agreement (SRA) and 2012 Livestock Price Reinsurance Agreement (LPRA) 03/04/11 MGR-11-003 Double Cropping Requirements and Establishing Double Crop History for 2011 and Succeeding Crop Years 03/03/11 PM-11-012 2010 Crop Year Rainfall Index Final Grid Indices for Apiculture and Pasture, Rangeland, Forage 2010 Crop Year Vegetation Index Final Grid Indices for Apiculture and Pasture, Rangeland, Forage 03/03/11 PM-11-010.1 Addendum to the 2011 Crop Year (CY) Actuarial Documents (Special Provisions) - 2011 CY Additional Price Elections for Actual Production History (APH) Dry Peas and Chickpeas, Millet, Oats, Alaska Oats, Popcorn, Processing Beans, Processing Sweet Corn, Safflowers and Sugar Beets (3/15 and 3/31) with the Sales Closing Date of March 15 03/03/11  2011 Processing Tomato Loss Adjustment Standards Handbook 03/01/11 MGR-11-002 2011 Crop Year Texas Citrus Fruit Claims 03/01/11 PM-11-0011 Addendum to the 2011 Crop Year (CY) Actuarial Documents (Special Provisions) - 2011 CY Common Crop Insurance Policy (COMBO) Projected Prices and Volatility Factors and Group Risk Income Protection (GRIP) Expected Prices and Volatility Factors and Hybrid Seed Price Endorsement (HSPE) Hybrid Seed Corn Price and Malting Barley Additional Value Prices Announcement FEBRUARY 02/28/11 PM-11-009 Group Risk Plan for Oysters Plan of Insurance for the 2012 Insurance Year 02/28/11 PM-11-010 Addendum to the 2011 Crop Year (CY) Actuarial Documents (Special Provisions) - 2011 CY Additional Price Elections for Actual Production History (APH) Dry Peas. Lentils, and Chickpeas, Millet, Oats, Alaska Oats, Popcorn, Processing Beans, Processing Sweet Corn, Safflowers and Sugar Beets (3/15 and 3/31) with a Sales Closing Date of March 15 02/25/11 USDA Expands Efforts to Develop Crop Insurance for Biofuels Producers 02/25/11 2011 Tobacco Loss Adjustment Standards Handbook - Updated Handbook including Slipsheets 02/24/11 PM-11-008 2011 Crop Year (CY) Common Crop Insurance Policy (COMBO) Projected Prices and Volatility Factors and Group Risk Income Protection (GRIP) Expected Prices and Volatility Factors Announcement 02/24/11 Final Agency Determination 133 Acreage Measured by FSA or AIP 02/15/11 Final Agency Determination 134 Establishing Liability when Acreage in Dispute 02/15/11 2011 Millet Loss Adjustment Standards Handbook 02/14/11 PM-11-007 Addendum to the 2011 Crop Year (CY) Actuarial Documents (Special Provisions) – 2011 CY Additional Price Elections for Actual Production History (APH) Extra Long Staple (ELS) Cotton and Selected Dry Bean Types with Sales Closing Dates of February 28 and March 15 02/11/11 PM-11-006 Pilot Biotechnology Endorsement (BE) and Insurance Standards Handbook (Handbook) Effective for the 2011 Crop Year 02/11/11 2011 Dry Bean Loss Adjustment Standards Handbook 02/10/11 IS-11-001 Updated Procedures for Large Claim Reviews and Additional Guidance for Good Farming Practice Decisions and Determinations 02/10/11 2011 Pea Loss Adjustment Standards Handbook 02/08/11 2011 Loss Adjustment Manual Standards Handbook 02/08/11 2011 Mustard Loss Adjustment Standards Handbook 02/04/11 Final Agency Determination 132 Determining Payment on Damaged Peppers 02/03/11 2012 Nursery Loss Adjustment Standards Handbook 02/01/11 PM-11-005 Addendum to the 2011 Crop Year (CY) Actuarial Documents (Special Provisions) – 2011 CY Common Crop Insurance Policy (COMBO) Projected Prices and Volatility Factors JANUARY 01/31/11 PM-11-004 2010 Crop Year Rainfall Index Final Grid Indices for Apiculture and Pasture, Rangeland, Forage 2010 Crop Year Vegetation Index Final Grid Indices for Apiculture and Pasture, Rangeland, Forage 01/31/11 2011 Hybrid Seeds Loss Adjustment Standards Handbook 01/31/11 2011 Silage Sorghum Pilot Loss Adjustment Standards Handbook 01/27/11 PM-11-003 2012 Florida Fruit Tree Pilot Crop Insurance Provisions and Florida Fruit Tree Pilot Crop Insurance Comprehensive Tree Value Endorsement 01/25/11 2012 Nursery Underwriting Guide 01/19/11 PM-11-002 Addendum to the 2011 Crop Year (CY) Actuarial Documents (Special Provisions) - 2011 CY Common Crop Insurance Policy (COMBO) Projected Prices and Volatility Factors and Group Risk Income Protection (GRIP) Expected Prices and Volatility Factors Announcement 01/18/11 PM-11-001 Notice Intent to Research Feasibility of Insurance for Corn Stover, Other Crop Residues and Woody Biomass 01/10/11 PM-10-070.1 Louisiana Sweet Potato Plan of Insurance 01/06/11 2011 Soybean Loss Adjustment Standards Handbook 01/06/11 2011 Texas Citrus Tree Loss Adjustment Standards Handbook