Archives for February 2019

In the 2018 Farm Bill, Congress revised a number of provisions of statutory provisions relating to hemp (see sections 7129, 7501, 7605, 10113, 10114, and 12619). Congress also amended the Federal Crop Insurance Act relating to hemp (see 11101, 11106, 11113, 11119, and 11121) . Section 12619 of the 2018 Farm Bill made cannabis that …

Crop Insurance News and Analysis – February 25, 2019Read More

The Risk Management Agency (RMA) issues a new Final Agency Determination, FAD-286, that interprets sections 12 and 14 of the Common Crop Insurance Policy Basic Provisions (Basic Provisions). The interpretation sought had to do with those provisions relating to insurable cause of loss and the policy language in section 12 that references “unavoidable, naturally occurring …

Crop Insurance News and Analysis – February 7, 2019Read More

RMA issued Manager’s Bulletin: MGR-19-001 that expanded the 2019 and 2020 crop year county perennial and spring crops for a number of crops, states, and counties and recommended that approved insurance providers should advise producers of the expanded programs. ANALYSIS – Periodically the Risk Management Agency (RMA) reviews its crop/county programs to determine whether there …

Crop Insurance News and Analysis – February 4, 2019Read More