[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 247 (Wednesday, December 27, 2017)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 61129-61133]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-27895]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
7 CFR Part 457
[Docket No. FCIC-17-0002]
RIN 0563-AC58
Common Crop Insurance Regulations; California Avocado Crop
Insurance Provisions
AGENCY: Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, USDA.
ACTION: Final rule with request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) amends the
Common Crop Insurance Regulations to provide California Avocado
insurance. The provisions will be used in conjunction with the Common
Crop Insurance Policy Basic Provisions (Basic Provisions), which
contain standard terms and conditions common to most crop programs. The
intended effect of this action is to convert the California Avocado
pilot crop insurance program to a regulatory insurance program for the
2020 and succeeding crop years.
DATES:
Effective date: This final rule is effective December 27, 2017.
Applicability date: The changes are applicable for the 2020 and
succeeding crop years. California avocado is a two-year policy and the
2020 crop year encompasses all policies earning premium when insurance
attaches after the Contract Change Date of August 31, 2018.
Comment due date: FCIC will accept written comments on this final
rule until close of business January 26, 2018. FCIC may consider the
comments received and may conduct additional rulemaking based on the
comments.
ADDRESSES: FCIC prefers that comments be submitted electronically
through the Federal eRulemaking Portal. You may submit comments,
identified by Docket ID No. FCIC-17-0002, by any of the following
methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Director, Actuarial and Product Design Division,
Risk Management Agency, United States Department of Agriculture, P.O.
Box 419205, Kansas City, MO 64141-6205.
FCIC will post all comments received, including those received by
mail, without change to http://www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided. Once these comments are posted to this
website, the public can access all comments at its convenience from
this website. All comments must include the agency name and docket
number or Regulatory Information Number (RIN) for this rule. For
detailed instructions on submitting comments and additional
information, see http://www.regulations.gov. If interested persons are
submitting comments electronically through the Federal eRulemaking
Portal and want to attach a document, FCIC requests that the document
attachment be in a text-based format. If interested persons want to
attach a document that is a scanned Adobe PDF file, it must be scanned
as text and not as an image, thus allowing FCIC to search and copy
certain portions of the submissions. For questions regarding attaching
a document that is a scanned Adobe PDF file, please contact the Risk
Management Agency (RMA) Web Content Team at (816) 823-4694 or by email
at [email protected].
Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search the electronic form of all
comments received for any dockets by the name of the individual
submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf
of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review the
complete User Notice and Privacy Notice for Regulations.gov at http://www.regulations.gov/#!privacyNotice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ron Lundine, Director, Product
Management, Actuarial and Product Design Division, Risk Management
Agency, United States Department of Agriculture, Beacon Facility, Stop
0812, Room 421, P.O. Box 419205, Kansas City, MO 64141-6205, telephone
(816) 926-3854.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
FCIC offered an actual production history pilot crop insurance
program for California grown avocados beginning with the 2010 crop
year. The pilot program is offered in six California counties. In 2013,
the FCIC's Board of Directors approved continuation and expansion until
such time the program
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could be made permanent. For the 2016 crop year, 1,041 policies were
sold and 35,072 acres of avocado orchards were insured in California.
This rule will add the California avocado program to the Code of
Federal Regulations.
The FCIC is issuing this final rule without opportunity for prior
notice and comment. The Administrative Procedure Act (APA) exempts
rules ``relating to agency management or personnel or to public
property, loans, grants, benefits, or contracts'' from the statutory
requirement for prior notice and opportunity for public comment (5
U.S.C. 553(a)(2)). A Federal crop insurance policy is a contract and is
thus exempt from APA notice-and-comment procedures.
Previously, changes made to the Federal crop insurance policies
codified in the Code of Federal Regulations were required to be
implemented through the notice-and-comment rulemaking process. Such
action was not required by the APA, which exempts contracts. Rather,
the requirement originated with a notice USDA published in the Federal
Register on July 24, 1971 (36 FR 13804) stating that the Department of
Agriculture would, to the maximum extent practicable, use the notice-
and-comment rulemaking process when making program changes, including
those involving contracts. FCIC complied with this notice over the
subsequent years. On October 28, 2013, USDA published a notice in the
Federal Register (78 FR 64194) rescinding the prior notice, thereby
making contracts again exempt from the notice-and-comment rulemaking
process. This exemption applies to the 30-day notice prior to
implementation of a rule. Therefore, the policy changes made by this
final rule are effective upon publication in the Federal Register.
However, FCIC is providing a 30-day comment period and invites
interested persons to participate in this rulemaking by submitting
written comments. FCIC may consider the comments received and may
conduct additional rulemaking based on the comments.
Executive Orders 12866, 13563, 13771 and 13777
Executive Order 12866, ``Regulatory Planning and Review,'' and
Executive Order 13563, ``Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review,''
direct agencies to assess all costs and benefits of available
regulatory alternatives and, if regulation is necessary, to select
regulatory approaches that maximize net benefits (including potential
economic, environmental, public health and safety effects, distributive
impacts, and equity). Executive Order 13563 emphasized the importance
of quantifying both costs and benefits, of reducing costs, of
harmonizing rules, and of promoting flexibility. Executive Order 13777,
``Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda,'' established a federal
policy to alleviate unnecessary regulatory burdens on the American
people. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) designated this rule
as not significant under Executive Order 12866, ``Regulatory Planning
and Review,'' and therefore, OMB has not reviewed this rule. The rule
is not subject to Executive Order 13771, ``Reducing Regulation and
Controlling Regulatory Costs.''
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
Pursuant to the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(44 U.S.C. chapter 35, subchapter I), the collections of information in
this rule have been approved by OMB under control number 0563-0053.
E-Government Act Compliance
FCIC is committed to complying with the E-Government Act of 2002,
to promote the use of the internet and other information technologies
to provide increased opportunities for citizen access to Government
information and services, and for other purposes.
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995
Title II of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (UMRA),
establishes requirements for Federal agencies to assess the effects of
their regulatory actions on State, local, and tribal governments and
the private sector. This rule contains no Federal mandates (under the
regulatory provisions of title II of the UMRA) for State, local, and
tribal governments or the private sector. Therefore, this rule is not
subject to the requirements of sections 202 and 205 of UMRA.
Executive Order 13132
It has been determined under section 1(a) of Executive Order 13132,
Federalism, that this rule does not have sufficient implications to
warrant consultation with the States. The provisions contained in this
rule will not have a substantial direct effect on States, or on the
relationship between the national government and the States, or on the
distribution of power and responsibilities among the various levels of
government.
Executive Order 13175
This rule has been reviewed in accordance with the requirements of
Executive Order 13175, ``Consultation and Coordination with Indian
Tribal Governments.'' Executive Order 13175 requires Federal agencies
to consult and coordinate with tribes on a government-to-government
basis on policies that have tribal implications, including regulations,
legislative comments or proposed legislation, and other policy
statements or actions that have substantial direct effects on one or
more Indian tribes, on the relationship between the Federal Government
and Indian tribes or on the distribution of power and responsibilities
between the Federal Government and Indian tribes.
The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation has assessed the impact of
this rule on Indian tribes and determined that this rule does not, to
our knowledge, have tribal implications that require tribal
consultation under E.O. 13175. If a Tribe requests consultation, the
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation will work with the Office of Tribal
Relations to ensure meaningful consultation is provided where changes,
additions and modifications identified herein are not expressly
mandated by Congress.
Regulatory Flexibility Act
FCIC certifies that this regulation will not have a significant
economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. Program
requirements for the Federal crop insurance program are the same for
all producers regardless of the size of their farming operation. For
instance, all producers are required to submit an application and
acreage report to establish their insurance guarantees and compute
premium amounts, and all producers are required to submit a notice of
loss and production information to determine the indemnity amount for
an insured cause of crop loss. Whether a producer has 10 acres or 1,000
acres, there is no difference in the kind of information collected. To
ensure crop insurance is available to small entities, the Federal Crop
Insurance Act (FCIA) authorizes FCIC to waive collection of
administrative fees from limited resource farmers. FCIC believes this
waiver helps to ensure that small entities are given the same
opportunities as large entities to manage their risks through the use
of crop insurance. A Regulatory Flexibility Analysis has not been
prepared since this regulation does not have a significant impact on a
substantial number of small entities, and, therefore, this regulation
is exempt from the provisions of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5
U.S.C. 605).
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Federal Assistance Program
This program is listed in the Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance under No. 10.450.
Executive Order 12372
This program is not subject to the provisions of Executive Order
12372, which require intergovernmental consultation with State and
local officials. See 2 CFR part 415, subpart C.
Executive Order 12988
This rule has been reviewed in accordance with Executive Order
12988 on civil justice reform. The provisions of this rule will not
have a retroactive effect. The provisions of this rule will preempt
State and local laws to the extent such State and local laws are
inconsistent herewith. With respect to any direct action taken by FCIC
or action by FCIC directing the insurance provider to take specific
action under the terms of the crop insurance policy, the administrative
appeal provisions published at 7 CFR part 11 must be exhausted before
any action against FCIC for judicial review may be brought.
Environmental Evaluation
This action is not expected to have a significant impact on the
quality of the human environment, health, or safety. Therefore, neither
an Environmental Assessment nor an Environmental Impact Statement is
needed.
List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 457
Crop insurance, California avocado, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
Final Rule.
Accordingly, as set forth in the preamble, the Federal Crop
Insurance Corporation amends 7 CFR part 457 applicable for the 2020 and
succeeding crop years as follows:
PART 457--COMMON CROP INSURANCE REGULATIONS
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1. The authority citation for part 457 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1506(l), 1506(o).
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2. Section 457.175 is added to read as follows:
Sec. 457.175 California avocado crop insurance provisions.
The California avocado crop provisions for the 2020 and succeeding
crop years are as follows:
FCIC policies:
United States Department of Agriculture
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
California Avocado Crop Provisions
1. Definitions
CDFA. The California Department of Food and Agriculture.
Commercial sale. Any transaction in which avocados have been
inspected under the rules of the CDFA and to which a marketing
assessment payment applies under the Hass Avocado Promotion, Research,
and Information Act of 2000.
Crop year. The period of time that begins on December 1 immediately
prior to the time the avocado trees normally bloom and that ends on
October 31 of the calendar year following such bloom. Crop year is
designated by the calendar year following the year in which the avocado
trees normally bloom.
Direct marketing. The sale of the insured crop directly to
consumers without the intervention of an intermediary such as a
wholesaler, retailer, packer, processor, shipper, or buyer. Examples of
direct marketing include selling through an on-farm or roadside stand,
farmer's market, and permitting the general public to enter the fields
for the purpose of picking all or a portion of the crop.
Harvest. Picking of marketable avocado fruit from the trees or from
the ground when permitted as described in section 11(c).
Initially apply. Your application for crop insurance under these
Crop Provisions for the first time and following each time you have
cancelled the insurance or the insurance has terminated by action of
the policy.
Interplanted. Acreage in which two or more crops are planted in any
form of an alternating or mixed pattern.
Marketable. An avocado fruit that meets the standards published by
the CDFA with respect to maturity, defects, size, and weight.
No. 2 avocado. An avocado fruit that is marketable but that is
diverted into processing uses due to visual defects resulting from an
insured cause of loss.
Pound. A unit of weight equal to sixteen ounces avoirdupois.
Rootstock. The root and stem portion of a tree to which a scion can
be grafted.
Scion. Twig or portion of a twig of one plant that is grafted onto
a rootstock.
Set out. Transplanting a tree into the orchard or grafting a scion
onto rootstock.
Stumping. A practice whereby the lateral branches of an avocado
tree are removed. A portion of the bole also may be removed. The
resulting stump is approximately 4 feet or greater in height.
Type. A term used to designate different varieties of avocados, as
more fully described in the Special Provisions.
2. Unit Division
(a) Unless limited by the Special Provisions, a basic unit as
defined in section 1 of the Basic Provisions may be divided into
optional units if, for each optional unit, you meet the following:
(1) All optional units you select for the crop year are identified
on the acreage report for that crop year (Units will be determined when
the acreage is reported but may be adjusted or combined to reflect the
actual unit structure when adjusting a loss. No further unit division
may be made after the acreage reporting date for any reason);
(2) You have records that are acceptable to us for at least the
most recently completed crop year for all optional units that you will
report in the current crop year (You may be required to produce the
records for all optional units for the most recently completed crop
year);
(3) You have records of marketed or stored production from each
optional unit maintained in such a manner that permits us to verify the
production from each optional unit, or the production from each
optional unit is kept separate until loss adjustment is completed by
us.
(b) Each optional unit must meet one or more of the following
conditions, unless otherwise specified in the Special Provisions:
(1) Be of a different type; or
(2) Consist of acreage located on non-contiguous land.
(c) Subsections (a) and (c) of section 34 of the Basic Provisions
do not apply to these Crop Provisions.
3. Insurance Guarantees, Coverage Levels, and Prices for Determining
Indemnities
In addition to the requirements of section 3 of the Basic
Provisions:
(a) You may select only one coverage level for all the avocados in
the county insured under this policy.
(b) You must report, on or before the production reporting date
designated in section 3 of the Basic Provisions, by unit:
(1) Any damage, stumping (including the year or years that the
stumping was performed), or removal of trees; change in orchard
practices; or any other circumstance that may reduce the expected yield
per acre to less than the approved yield and the number of affected
acres and trees;
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(2) The number of trees on insurable and uninsurable acreage;
(3) The age of the trees;
(4) Any acreage excluded under section 6 of these Crop Provisions;
and
(5) For acreage interplanted with another crop:
(i) The age of the interplanted crop, and type if applicable;
(ii) The planting pattern; and
(iii) Any other information we request to establish your approved
yield per acre.
(c) We will reduce the approved yield whenever we determine any one
or more of the factors specified in this section are likely to have a
negative impact upon that average yield. If you fail to provide
complete and accurate information required by this section, and
pursuant to the definition of approved yield, we will reduce that yield
as necessary at any time we become aware of any such omission.
(d) In the event the avocado trees are damaged to the extent that
we determine the APH history you certified no longer is representative
of the potential production of the unit, we will reduce your approved
yield to a level consistent with that reduced potential. Such reduction
will not occur for a crop year for which insurance already has attached
if the damage is due to a cause of loss that is insurable for the
avocado fruit.
(e) In lieu of that specific provision in section 3(f) of the Basic
Provisions, you are required to report the production for the crop year
that ended on the October 31 immediately preceding the cancellation
date. For example, you must report your production for the 2008 crop
year by the production reporting date for the 2010 crop year. All other
provisions of section 3(f) apply.
(f) When you initially apply for insurance:
(1) You must certify your production records for at least the most
recently completed crop year;
(2) If you do not certify your production records for any one or
more of the three crop years immediately prior to the most recently
completed crop year, you will be assigned a percentage of the
transitional yield included in the actuarial documents for that crop
year. The percentages will be those described in 7 CFR part 400 subpart
G. All other provisions of 7 CFR part 400 subpart G apply.
4. Contract Changes
In accordance with section 4 of the Basic Provisions, the contract
change date is the August 31 that precedes the cancellation date.
5. Cancellation and Termination Dates
In accordance with section 2 of the Basic Provisions, the
cancellation and termination dates are the November 30 immediately
prior to the first day of the crop year.
6. Insured Crop
(a) In accordance with section 8 of the Basic Provisions, the crop
insured will be all the avocados in the county grown on insurable
acreage, and for which premium rates are provided:
(1) In which you have a share;
(2) That is grown for harvest as avocado fruit for commercial sale;
(3) That is a type identified in the actuarial documents;
(4) That is irrigated; and
(5) That is grown on trees that, if inspected, are considered
acceptable to us.
(b) In addition to the provisions of section 8 of the Basic
Provisions that identify an uninsurable crop, we do not insure any
avocados produced on trees that have not reached the sixth growing
season after set out unless the unit has produced an average of at
least 2,000 pounds of avocados per acre in one of the most recent three
crop years or as otherwise specified in the Special Provisions.
(c) Avocado trees that have been stumped are not insurable for
three calendar years after the year stumping was performed. The
calendar year stumping occurred will be considered to be the actual
calendar year if performed between January 1 and June 30 of that year.
It will be considered to be the following calendar year if performed
between July 1 and December 31.
7. Insurable Acreage
(a) In lieu of that part of section 9 of the Basic Provisions that
prohibits insurance attaching to a crop planted with another crop,
avocados interplanted with another perennial crop are insurable unless
we inspect the acreage and determine it does not meet the requirements
of insurability contained in these Crop Provisions.
(b) In addition to the acreage designated as not insurable in
section 9 of the Basic Provisions, we will not insure avocados produced
on any acreage infected with Phytophthora root rot unless you follow
good orchard management practices as recommended by agricultural
experts.
8. Insurance Period
(a) In accordance with the provisions of section 11 of the Basic
Provisions:
(1) Coverage begins on December 1st of the crop year.
(2) The calendar date for the end of the insurance period is the
second October 31st of the crop year.
(b) In addition to the provisions of section 11 of the Basic
Provisions:
(1) If you acquire an insurable share in any insurable acreage on
or before the acreage reporting date of any crop year, and if we
inspect and consider the acreage acceptable, insurance will be
considered to have attached to such acreage on the calendar date for
the beginning of the insurance period.
(2) If you relinquish your insurable interest on any acreage of
avocados on or before the acreage reporting date of any crop year,
insurance will not be considered to have attached to such acreage for
that crop year unless:
(i) A transfer of right to an indemnity or a similar form approved
by us is completed by all affected parties;
(ii) We are notified by you or the transferee in writing of such
transfer on or before the acreage reporting date; and
(iii) The transferee is eligible for crop insurance.
No premium will be due or indemnity paid unless a properly executed
transfer of right to an indemnity has been filed with us.
9. Causes of Loss
(a) In accordance with section 12 of the Basic Provisions,
insurance is provided against unavoidable loss of production due to the
following causes of loss occurring within the insurance period:
(1) Adverse weather conditions;
(2) Fire, unless weeds and other forms of undergrowth have not been
controlled or pruning debris has not been removed from the orchard;
(3) Insects and disease, but not damage due to insufficient or
improper application of control measures;
(4) Wildlife;
(5) Earthquake;
(6) Volcanic eruption; or
(7) Failure of the irrigation water supply due to an insured cause
of loss specified in sections 9(a)(1) through (6).
(b) In addition to the causes of loss excluded in section 12 of the
Basic Provisions, we will not insure against damage or loss of
production due to:
(1) Theft;
(2) Phytophthora root rot, if you do not maintain cultural
practices to minimize the potential for damage due to this pathogen; or
(3) Inability to market the avocados for any reason other than
actual physical damage from an insurable cause specified in this
section. For example, we will not pay you an indemnity if you are
unable to market any avocado fruit due to quarantine,
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boycott, or refusal of any person to accept such fruit.
10. Duties in the Event of Damage or Loss
In addition to the requirements of section 14 of the Basic
Provisions:
(a) You must notify us at least 15 days before any production from
any unit will be sold by direct marketing. We will conduct an
inspection and appraisal, if needed, that will be used to determine
your production to count for such production. If damage occurs after
this inspection, we will conduct one or more additional inspections as
needed. These inspections, and any acceptable records provided by you,
will be used to determine your production to count. Failure to give
timely notice as required will result in production to count determined
as described in section 11(c) if we are not able to determine the
amount of such production;
(b) If you intend to claim an indemnity on any unit, you must
notify us immediately so we may inspect the unit. You must not sell or
otherwise dispose of any damaged production until we have given you
written consent to do so, or 15 days, whichever is earlier. If you fail
to meet the requirements of this subsection all such production will be
considered undamaged and included as production to count;
(c) We will not perform any appraisals of potential production
earlier than the July that follows the bloom for the crop year; and
(d) You must notify us immediately if you intend to stump 10
percent or more of the trees on a unit after insurance has attached for
the crop year.
11. Settlement of Claim
(a) We will determine your loss separately for each unit you
defined on your acreage report or that we find to exist in accordance
with section 2 of these Crop Provisions. If you do not or cannot
provide acceptable records of production for the crop year for:
(1) Any optional unit, we will combine all optional units for which
such records were not provided; or
(2) Any basic unit, we will allocate commingled production to each
basic unit in proportion to our liability on the harvested acreage for
each unit.
(b) In the event of loss or damage covered by this policy, we will
settle your claim by:
(1) Multiplying the insured acreage by the production guarantee;
(2) Subtracting from the result of section 11(b)(1) the total
production to count (see section 11(c);
(3) Multiplying the result in section 11(b)(2) by the price
election, by the price election factor, and by your share.
(c) The total production to count from all insurable acreage on the
unit will include the value of all appraised and harvested production,
as follows:
(1) Appraised production to be counted will include:
(i) Not less than the production guarantee per acre for acreage:
(A) That is abandoned;
(B) That is sold or otherwise disposed by direct marketing if you
failed to provide the notice required by section 10 and we were not
able to determine the amount of such production;
(C) That is damaged solely by uninsured causes; or
(D) For which you fail to provide production records that are
acceptable to us;
(ii) Potential production lost due to uninsured causes;
(iii) Unharvested marketable production (the quantity of such
production may be reduced as described in section 11(d));
(iv) Potential production on insured acreage you intend to put to
another use or abandon, if you agree to our appraisal of such
production. Upon such agreement, the insurance period for that acreage
will end when you put the acreage to another use or abandon the crop.
If agreement on the appraised production is not reached:
(A) If you do not elect to continue to care for the crop, we may
give you consent to put the acreage to another use if you agree to
leave intact, and provide sufficient care for, representative samples
of the crop in locations acceptable to us. The production to count for
such acreage will be based on the greater of the harvested production
or our appraisal in accordance with Section 15(b) of the Basic
Provisions from the samples at the time harvest should have occurred.
If you do not leave the required samples intact, or fail to provide
sufficient care for the samples, our appraisal made prior to giving you
consent to put the acreage to another use will be used to determine the
production to count; or
(B) If you elect to continue to care for the crop, the production
to count for the acreage will be based on the greater of harvested
production or our reappraisal in accordance with section 15(b) of the
Basic Provisions if additional damage occurs and the crop is not
harvested; and
(2) All marketable harvested production (the quantity of such
production may be reduced as described in section 11(d)). Any
production that is not marketable due to an insured cause of loss will
not be included in the production to count.
(d) The quantity of appraised and harvested marketable production
may be reduced if the production is considered to be a No. 2 avocado
and the price of such marketable production is less than 75 percent of
the maximum price election. The quantity of such production will be
multiplied by an adjustment factor equal to the lesser of 1.00 or the
price of the damaged avocados divided by the maximum price election.
12. Late and Prevented Planting
Sections 16 and 17 of the Basic Provisions do not apply to these
Crop Provisions.
13. Written Agreements
Section 18 of the Basic Provisions does not apply to these Crop
Provisions.
14. Example of Your Insurance Protection
You certify production records that support the yields per acre
shown below:
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Year Yield/acre
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1....................................................... 4,559
2....................................................... 2,978
3....................................................... 10,112
4....................................................... 2,014
5....................................................... 2,420
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AVERAGE (APPROVED) Yield = 4,417 lbs.
Assume you selected the 65 percent coverage level. The unit
contains 10 acres. The production guarantee per acre is:
4,417 x 65% = 2,871 lbs. per acre
The production guarantee for the unit is:
2,871 x 10 acres = 28,710 lbs.
Assume further that the price election is $0.90 per lb. The
liability (amount of insurance) for the unit is equal to:
28,710 lbs. x $0.90 = $25,839
Assume the unit produced 15,000 lbs. Your share is 100 percent.
The indemnity is calculated as follows:
2,871 x 10 acres = 28,710 lbs.
28,710 lbs. -15,000 lbs. = 13,710 lbs.
13,710 lbs. x $0.90 x 1.000 = $12,339.
Signed in Washington, DC, on December 19, 2017.
Heather Manzano,
Acting Manager, Federal Crop Insurance Corporation.
[FR Doc. 2017-27895 Filed 12-26-17; 8:45 am]
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