Federal Register, Volume 62 Issue 116 (Tuesday, June 17, 1997)

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 116 (Tuesday, June 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32738-32751]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Federal Crop Insurance Corporation

Crop Revenue Coverage

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 508(h) of the Federal Crop
Insurance Act (Act), the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC)
Board of Directors (Board) approves for reinsurance and subsidy the
insurance of wheat in select states and counties under the Crop Revenue
Coverage (CRC) plan of insurance for the 1998 crop year. This notice is
intended to inform eligible producers and the private insurance
industry of the availability of the CRC plan of insurance for wheat and
its terms and conditions.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Timothy Hoffmann, Director, Product
Development Division, Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, United States
Department of Agriculture, 9435 Holmes Road, Kansas City, Missouri,
64131, telephone (816) 926-7387.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 508(h) of the Act allows for the
submission of a policy to FCIC's Board and authorizes the Board to
review and, if the Board finds that the interests of producers are
adequately protected and that any premiums charged to the producers are
actuarially appropriate, approve the policy for reinsurance and subsidy
in accordance with section 508(e) of the Act.
In accordance with the Act, the Board approved a program of
insurance known as CRC, originally submitted by American Agrisurance, a
managing general agency for Redland Insurance Company.
The CRC program has been approved for reinsurance. CRC is designed
to protect producers against both price and yield losses. CRC provides
a harvest revenue guarantee that pays losses from the established yield
coverage at a higher price if the harvest time price is higher than the
spring price.
Beginning with the 1996 crop year, the CRC program was available
for corn and soybeans in all counties in Iowa and Nebraska and was
expanded to include wheat in Kansas, Michigan, Nebraska, South Dakota,
Texas, Washington, and select counties in Montana. Beginning with the
1997 crop year, the CRC program was available for cotton, grain sorghum
and spring wheat in selected states and counties. Beginning with the
1998 crop year, the CRC program is available for wheat in select states
and counties. FCIC herewith gives notice of the availability of the CRC
program of insurance for wheat for use by private sector insurance
companies for the 1998 crop year.
Upon a written request, FCIC will provide the CRC underwriting
rules, rate factors and forms for fall wheat. FCIC will also make
available the terms and conditions of the CRC reinsurance agreement.
Requests for such information should be sent to Timothy Hoffmann,
Director, Product Development Division, Federal Crop Insurance
Corporation at the above stated address.
Notice: The Basic Provisions, Crop Provisions, and Optional
Endorsement for the CRC wheat program of insurance are as follows.

Crop Revenue Coverage Insurance Policy

(This is a continuous policy for crop year 1997-1998. Refer to
section 2.)
This policy is reinsured by the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
(FCIC) under the authority of section 508(h) of the Federal Crop
Insurance Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1508 (h)). The provisions of the
policy may not be waived or varied in anyway by the crop insurance
agent or any other agent or employee of the Company. In the event we
cannot pay your loss, your claim will be settled in accordance with the
provisions of this policy and paid by the FCIC. No state guarantee fund
will be liable to pay your loss. Throughout this policy, ``you'' and
``your'' refer to the named insured shown on the accepted application
and ``we'', ``us'' and ``our'' refer to the Company. Unless the context
indicates otherwise, use of the plural form of a word includes the
singular and use of the singular form of the word includes the plural.
Agreement to Insure: In return for the payment of the premium, and
subject to all of the provisions of this policy, we agree with you to
provide the insurance as stated in this policy. If a conflict exists
between the Basic Provisions contained herein and the specific Crop
Provisions, the Crop Provisions will control.

Basic Provisions

Terms and Conditions
1. Definitions. As used in this policy these terms are defined as
follows:
(a) Abandon--Failure to continue providing sufficient care (For
example, cultivation, irrigation, fertilization, application of
chemicals, etc., consistent with good farming practices) for the
insured crop to make normal progress toward harvest or maturity, or
failure to harvest in a timely manner if harvest is practicable.
(b) Acreage report--A report required by section 6 of these Basic
Provisions which contains, in addition to other required information,
your report of your share of all acreage of an insured crop in the
county whether insurable or not insurable. This report must be filed
not later than the final acreage reporting date contained in the
Special Provisions for the county for the insured crop.
(c) Acreage reporting date--The date (contained in the Special
Provisions) by which you are required to submit your acreage reports.
(d) Another use, notice of--The written notice required when you
wish to put acreage to another use (see section 14 of these Basic
Provisions).
(e) Application--The form required to be completed by you and
accepted by us before insurance coverage will commence. This form must
be completed and filed in your agent's office not later than the sales
closing date of the initial insurance year for each crop for which
insurance coverage is requested. If a break in insurance coverage
occurs, a new application must be filed.
(f) Approved yield--The average amount of production per acre
obtained under the Actual Production History Program (7 CFR part 400,
subpart G) using production records of the insured or yields assigned
by FCIC. At least four crop years of yields must be averaged to obtain
the approved yield.
(g) Assignment of indemnity--A transfer of policy rights, made on
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form, and effective when approved by us. It is the arrangement whereby
you assign your right to an indemnity payment to any party of your
choice for the crop year.
(h) CRC rate--A premium rate, as set forth in the County Actuarial
Table, used to calculate the risk associated with producing a level of
production.
(i) CRC low price factor--A premium factor, as set forth in the
County Actuarial Table, used to calculate the risk associated with a
decrease in the Harvest Price relative to the Base Price.
(j) CRC high price factor--A premium factor, as set forth in the
County Actuarial Table, used to calculate the risk associated with an
increase in the Harvest Price relative to the Base Price.
(k) Cancellation date--The calendar date specified in each Crop
Provision on which that Crop Provision will automatically renew unless
canceled in writing by either you or us.
(l) Claim for indemnity--A claim made on our form by you for damage
or loss to an insured crop and submitted to us not later than 60 days
after the end of the insurance period (see section 14 of these Basic
Provisions).
(m) Consent--Approval in writing by us allowing you to take a
specific action.
(n) Contract--A contract for insurance between you and us
consisting of the accepted Application, these Basic Provisions, the
Crop Provisions, the Special Provisions, the County Actuarial Table for
the insured crops, and the applicable regulations as published at 7 CFR
part 400.
(o) Contract change date--The calendar date by which we make any
contract (policy language or program date) changes available for
inspection in the agent's office (see section 4 of these Basic
Provisions).
(p) County--The county or other political subdivision of a state
shown on your accepted application and includes acreage in a field that
extends into an adjoining county if the county boundary is not readily
discernible.
(q) County actuarial table--The forms and related material for the
crop year which show coverage levels, premium rates, practices,
insurable acreage, and other related information regarding crop
insurance in the county.
(r) Coverage--The insurance provided by this policy against an
insured loss of revenue by unit as shown on your summary of coverage.
(s) Coverage begins, date--The calendar date insurance begins on
the insured crop, as contained in the Crop Provisions, or the date
after planting is started on the unit (see section 11 of these Basic
Provisions).
(t) Crop provisions--The part of the policy that contains the
specific provisions of insurance for each insured crop.
(u) Crop year--The period within which the insured crop is normally
grown and designated by the calendar year in which the insured crop is
normally harvested.
(v) Damage--Injury, deterioration, or loss of revenue of the
insured crop due to insured or uninsured causes.
(w) Damage, notice of--A written notice required to be filed in
your agent's office whenever you initially discover the insured crop
has been damaged to the extent that a loss is probable (see section 14
of these Basic Provisions).
(x) Delinquent account--Any account you have with us in which
premiums, or interest on those premiums is not paid by the termination
date specified in the crop provisions, or any other amounts due us,
such as indemnities found not to have been earned, which are not paid
within 30 days of our mailing or other delivery of notification to you
of the amount due.
(y) Earliest planting date--The earliest date established for
planting the insured crop and qualifying for a replant payment if
applicable (see Special Provisions and section 13 of these Basic
Provisions).
(z) End of insurance period, date of--The date upon which your crop
insurance coverage ceases for the crop year (see Crop Provisions and
section 11 of these Basic Provisions).
(aa) Final guarantee--The guaranteed dollar amount per acre of the
insured crop on the unit.
(bb) FSA--The Farm Service Agency of the United States Department
of Agriculture or a successor agency (formerly the Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation Service).
(cc) FSA farm serial number--The number assigned to the farm by the
FSA county committee.
(dd) Insured--The named person as shown on the Application accepted
by us. This term does not extend to any other person having a share or
interest in the crop (for example, a partnership, landlord, or any
other person) unless specifically indicated on the accepted application
(see definition of ``Person'' in section 1(ii) of these Basic
Provisions).
(ee) Insured crop--The crop defined under these Basic Provisions
and the applicable Crop Provisions as shown on the application accepted
by us.
(ff) Loss, notice of--The notice required to be given by you not
later than 72 hours after certain occurrences or 15 days after the end
of the insurance period (see section 14 of the Basic Provisions).
(gg) MPCI--Multiple peril crop insurance program, a program of
insurance offered under the Federal Crop Insurance Act, as amended (7
U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) (Act) and implemented in 7 CFR part 400.
(hh) Negligence--The failure to use such care as a reasonably
prudent and careful person would use under similar circumstances.
(ii) Person--An individual, partnership, association, corporation,
estate, trust, or other legal entity, and wherever applicable, a State
or a political subdivision or agency of a State.
(jj) Policy--(see ``Contract'').
(kk) Practical to replant--Our determination, after loss or damage
to the insured crop, based on factors, including, but not limited to
moisture availability, condition of the field, time to crop maturity,
and marketing, that replanting the insured crop will allow the crop to
attain maturity prior to the calendar date for the end of the insurance
period. It will not be considered practical to replant after the end of
the late planting period unless replanting is generally occurring in
the area.
(ll) Premium billing date--The earliest date upon which you will be
billed for insurance coverage based on your acreage report and which
generally falls at or near harvest time.
(mm) Production report--A written record showing your annual
production and used by us to determine your yield for insurance
purposes (see section 3). The report contains previous years yield
information including planted acreage and harvested production. This
report must be supported by written verifiable records from a
warehouseman or buyer of the insured crop or by measurement of farm
stored production, or by other records of production approved by us on
an individual case basis.
(nn) Reporting date--The acreage reporting date (contained in the
Special Provisions) by which you are required to report all your
insurable acreage in the county in which you have a share and your
share at the time insurance attaches, and any acreage in which you have
a share which is not insured (see section 9 of these Basic Provisions).
(oo) Representative sample--Portions of the insured crop or insured
crop residue which are required to remain in the field for examination
and review by our loss adjusters when making a crop appraisal if
required by the crop provisions. The size of the samples are further
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(pp) Sales closing date--The date contained in the Special
Provisions which is the final date when an application may be filed.
This is the last date for you to make changes in your crop insurance
coverage for the crop year.
(qq) Section (for the purposes of unit structure)--A unit of
measure under a rectangular survey system describing a tract of land
usually one mile square and usually containing approximately 640 acres.
(rr) Share--Your percentage of interest in the insured crop as an
owner, operator, or tenant at the time insurance attaches. However,
only for the purpose of determining the amount of indemnity, your share
will not exceed your share at the earlier of the time of loss, or the
beginning of harvest. Unless the accepted application clearly indicates
that insurance is requested for a partnership or joint venture, or is
intended to cover the landlord's, or tenant's share of the crop (see
section 10(b)), insurance will cover only the share of the person
completing the application. The share will not extend to any other
person having an interest in the crop except as may otherwise be
specifically allowed in this policy. We may consider any acreage or
interest reported by or for your spouse, child or any member of your
household to be included in your share. A lease containing provisions
for both a minimum payment (such as a specified amount of cash ,
bushels, pounds, etc.,) and a crop share will be considered a crop
share lease. A lease containing provisions for either a minimum payment
or a crop share will be considered a cash lease.
(ss) Special provisions--The part of the policy that contains
specific provisions of insurance for each insured crop that may vary by
geographic area.
(tt) State--The state shown on your accepted application.
(uu) Summary of coverage--Our statement to you, by unit and
specifying the insured crop based upon the information provided in your
acreage report.
(vv) Tenant--A person who rents land from another person for a
share of the crop or a share of the proceeds of the crop (see the
definition of ``Share'' in section 1(rr) of these Basic Provisions).
(ww) Termination date--The calendar date contained in the Crop
Provisions upon which your policy ceases for nonpayment of premium or
any other amount due us under the policy.
(xx) Unit--All insurable acreage of the insured crop in the county
on the date coverage begins for the crop year:
(1) In which you have a 100 percent share; or
(2) Which is owned by one entity and operated by another specific
entity on a share basis.
(For example, if, in addition to the land you own, you rent land
from five landlords, three on a crop share basis and two on a cash
basis, you would be entitled to four units, one for each crop share
lease and one for the two cash leases and the land you own.) Land
rented for cash, a fixed commodity payment, or a consideration other
than a share in the insured crop on such land will be considered as
owned by the lessee (see section 1(rr) ``Share''). Land which would
otherwise be one unit may, in certain instances, be divided according
to guidelines contained in the applicable crop provisions. 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.
However, no further division may be made after the acreage report date
for any reason.
(yy) USDA--The United States Department of Agriculture.
2. Life Of Policy, Cancellation, And Termination. (a) This
continuous policy will be in effect for the 1997 and 1998 crop years
only. After acceptance of the application, you may not cancel this
policy the initial crop year. Thereafter, the policy will continue in
force for the succeeding crop year unless canceled or terminated as
provided below.
(b) Either you or we may cancel this policy after the initial crop
year by providing written notice to the other on or before the
cancellation date shown in the Crop Provisions.
(c) All policies issued by us under the authority of the Act will
terminate as of the coincidental or next termination date contained in
these policies if any amount due us is not paid on or before the
termination date for the crop on which the amount is due. Such unpaid
debts will also make you ineligible for any crop insurance provided
under the Act until payment is made. If we deduct any amount due us
from an indemnity, the date of payment for the purpose of section 2(c)
will be the date you sign the properly completed claim for indemnity.
(d) If you die, disappear, or are judicially declared incompetent,
or if you are an entity other than an individual and such entity is
dissolved, the policy will terminate as of the date of death, judicial
declaration, or dissolution. If such event occurs after coverage begins
for any crop year, the policy will continue in force through the crop
year and terminate at the end of the insurance period and any indemnity
will be paid to the person or persons determined to be beneficially
entitled to the indemnity. Death of a partner in a partnership will
dissolve the partnership unless the partnership agreement provides
otherwise. If two or more persons having a joint interest are insured
jointly, death of one of the persons will dissolve the joint entity.
(e) Your policy will terminate if no premium is earned for 3
consecutive years.
(f) The cancellation and termination dates are contained in the
Crop Provisions.
(g) You are not eligible to participate in the Crop Revenue
Coverage program if you are identified in the Non-standard
Classification System or have elected the Catastrophic Risk Protection
endorsement.
(h) If you execute a High Risk Land Exclusion Option for a Crop
Revenue Coverage Policy, you may elect to insure the ``high risk land''
under a Catastrophic Risk Protection endorsement. If both policies are
in force, the acreage of the crop covered under the Crop Revenue
Coverage policy and the acreage covered under the Catastrophic Risk
Protection endorsement will be considered as separate crops for
insurance purposes including the payment of administrative fees.
3. Coverage Level, Insurance Guarantee, Prices For Determining
Indemnity. (a) For each crop year the coverage level by which an
indemnity will be determined for each unit will be that shown on your
summary of coverage. The information necessary to determine those
amounts will be contained in the Special Provisions or in the County
Actuarial Table.
(b) You may select only one coverage level offered by us for each
insured crop. By written notice to us you may change the coverage level
for the following crop year not later than the sales closing date for
the affected insured crop. If you do not change the coverage level for
the succeeding crop year you will be assigned the same coverage level
that was in effect the previous crop year.
(c) This policy is an alternative to the Multiple Peril Crop
Insurance program and satisfies the requirements of section 508(b)(7)
of the Act.
(d) You must report production to us for the previous crop year by
the earlier of the acreage reporting date or 45 calendar days after the
cancellation date. If you do not provide the required production
report, we will assign a yield for the previous crop year. The yield
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percent of the yield used by us to determine your coverage for the
previous crop year. The production report or assigned yield will be
used to compute your approved yield for the purpose of determining your
coverage for the current crop year. If you have filed a claim for any
crop year, the production used to determine the indemnity payment will
be the production report for that year.
(e) We may revise your Final Guarantee for any farm unit, and
revise any indemnity paid based on that Final Guarantee, if we find
that your production report under section 3(d) above:
(1) Is not supported by written verifiable records (see section
1(mm) ``Production report''); or
(2) Fails to accurately report actual production.
4. Contract Changes. We may change the coverage available under
this policy for the second year. Your crop insurance agent will have
changes in policy provisions and program dates by the contract change
date contained in the Crop Provisions. Your crop insurance agent will
have changes in maximum amounts of insurance and premium rates 15 days
before the cancellation date contained in the Crop Provisions. In
addition, you will be notified, in writing, of these changes. Such
notification will be made at least 30 days prior to the cancellation
date of the insured crop for policy and program date changes, and 15
days prior to the cancellation date of the insured crop for changes in
the maximum amounts of insurance and premium rates.
5. Liberalization. If we adopt any revisions which would broaden
the coverage under this policy subsequent to the contract change date
without additional premium, the broadened coverage will apply.
6. Report of Acreage. (a) An annual acreage report must be
submitted to us on our form for each insured crop in the county on or
before the acreage reporting date shown in the Special Provisions. This
report must include the following information, if applicable:
(1) All acreage of the crop (insurable and not insured) in which
you have a share;
(2) Your share at the time coverage begins;
(3) The practice;
(4) The type; and
(5) The date the insured crop was planted.
(b) If you do not have a share in any insured crop in the county
for the crop year, you must submit an acreage report so indicating.
(c) Because incorrect reporting on the acreage report may have the
effect of changing your premium and any indemnity which may be due, you
may not revise this report after the acreage reporting date without our
consent.
(d) We may elect to determine all premiums and indemnities based on
the information you submit on the acreage report or upon the factual
circumstances which we determine to have actually existed.
(e) If you do not submit an acreage report by the acreage reporting
date, or if you fail to report all units, we may elect to determine, by
unit, the insurable crop acreage, share, type and practice or deny
liability on any unit.
(f) If the information reported by you on the acreage report for a
unit results in a lower premium than the actual premium determined to
be due on the basis of the share, acreage, practice, type or other
material information determined to actually exist, the Final Guarantee
on the unit will be reduced proportionately. In the event that acreage
is under-reported, all production or value from insurable acreage for
the unit, whether or not reported as insurable, will be considered
production or value to count in determining the indemnity.
(g) Errors in reporting units may be corrected by us to reduce our
liability and to conform to applicable unit division guidelines at the
time of adjusting a loss.
7. Annual Premium. (a) The annual premium is earned and payable at
the time coverage begins. You will be billed for premium due not
earlier than the billing date specified in the Special Provisions. The
premium due, plus any accrued interest, will be considered delinquent
if any amount due us is not paid on or before the termination date
specified in the Crop Provisions.
(b) Any amount due us under this policy will be deducted from any
replant payment or indemnity due you under the provisions of this
policy.
(c) The annual premium amount is determined by:
(1) Multiplying the Approved Yield times the coverage level, times
the Base Rate specified in the County Actuarial Table, times the Base
Price as defined in the County Actuarial Table;
(2) Multiplying the approved yield times the coverage level, times
the CRC Rate specified in the County Actuarial Table, times the CRC Low
Price Factor specified in the County Actuarial Table;
(3) Multiplying the Approved Yield times the coverage level, times
the Base Rate specified in the County Actuarial Table, times the CRC
High Price Factor specified in the County Actuarial Table;
(4) Adding items (1), (2), and (3) together;
(5) Multiplying the result of item (4) above times the acres
insured, times your share at the time coverage begins, and as
applicable, times any Rate Map Adjustment Factor; Rate Class Option
Factor and; Option Factor specified in the County Actuarial Table;
(6) Multiplying the Approved Yield times the coverage level, times
the Base Rate specified in the County Actuarial Table, times the MPCI
Market Price Election, times the insured acres, times your share at the
time coverage begins, and as applicable, times any Rate Map Adjustment
Factor; Rate Class Option Factor and; Option Factor specified in the
County Actuarial Table, and times the applicable producer subsidy
percentage to calculate the appropriate amount of subsidy. The producer
subsidy percentage is based upon the coverage level as follows:

75%=0.235
70%=0.319
65%=0.417
60%=0.412
55%=0.503
50%=0.600

(7) Subtracting item (6) from item (5) above to determine the
annual producer paid premium.
8. Insured Crop. (a) The insured crop will be that shown on your
accepted application and as specified in the Crop Provisions and must
be grown on insurable acreage.
(b) A crop which will NOT be insured will include, but will not be
limited to, any crop:
(1) If the farming practices carried out are not in accordance with
the farming practices for which the premium rates and Final Guarantee
have been established;
(2) Of a type, class or variety established as not adapted to the
area or excluded by the Special Provisions;
(3) That is a volunteer crop;
(4) That is a second crop following the same crop (insured or not
insured) harvested in the same crop year unless specifically permitted
by the Crop Provisions or the Special Provisions;
(5) which is planted for the development or production of hybrid
seed or for experimental purposes, unless permitted by the Crop
Provisions or unless we agree, in writing, to insure such crop; or
(6) used for wildlife protection or management.
9. Insurable Acreage. (a) Acreage planted to the insured crop in
which you have a share is insurable unless it is acreage:
(1) On which a crop has not been planted or harvested in at least
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the three previous crop years, unless FSA classifies such acreage as
cropland;
(2) Which has been strip-mined, unless we agree in writing to
insure such acreage;
(3) On which the insured crop is damaged and it is practical to
replant the insured crop, but the insured crop is not replanted;
(4) Which is planted with a crop other than the insured crop,
unless allowed by the Crop Provisions; or
(5) Which is otherwise restricted by the Crop Provisions or Special
Provisions.
(b) If insurance is provided for an irrigated practice, you must
report as irrigated only that acreage for which you have adequate
facilities and water, at the time coverage begins, to carry out a good
irrigation practice.
(c) If acreage is irrigated and we do not provide a premium rate
for an irrigated practice, you may either report and insure the
irrigated acreage as ``nonirrigated,'' or report the irrigated acreage
as not insured.
(d) We may restrict the amount of acreage which we will insure to
the amount allowed under any acreage limitation program established by
the USDA if we notify you of that restriction prior to the sales
closing date.
10. Share Insured. (a) You may only insure your share as defined in
section 1(rr) of these Basic Provisions.
(b) You, as a landlord (or tenant), may insure your tenant's (or
landlord's) share of the crop if evidence of the other party's approval
of that insurance is demonstrated (Lease, Power of Attorney, etc.). The
respective shares must be clearly set out on the acreage report and a
copy of the other party's approval must be retained by us.
11. Insurance Period. Coverage begins on each unit or part of a
unit, the later of: the date you submit your application, when the
insured crop is planted, or on the calendar date for the beginning of
the insurance period if specified in the Crop Provisions, and ends at
the earliest of:
(a) Total destruction of the insured crop on the unit;
(b) Harvest of the unit;
(c) Final adjustment of a loss on a unit;
(d) The calendar date for the end of the insurance period contained
in the Crop Provisions;
(e) Abandonment of the crop on the unit; or
(f) As otherwise specified in the Crop Provisions.
12. Causes of Loss. The insurance provided is against only
unavoidable loss of revenue directly caused by specific causes of loss
contained in the Crop Provisions. All other causes of loss, including
but not limited to the following, are NOT covered:
(a) Negligence, mismanagement, or wrongdoing by you, any member of
your family or household, your tenants, or employees;
(b) The failure to follow recognized good farming practices for the
insured crop;
(c) Water contained by any governmental, public, or private dam or
reservoir project;
(d) Failure or breakdown of irrigation equipment or facilities; or
(e) Failure to carry out a good irrigation practice for the insured
crop if applicable.
13. Replanting Payment. (a) If allowed by the Crop Provisions, a
replanting payment may be made on an insured crop replanted after we
have given consent and the acreage replanted is at least the lesser of
20 acres or 20 percent of the insured acreage for the unit (as
determined on the final planting date).
(b) No replanting payment will be made on acreage:
(1) On which our appraisal establishes that production will exceed
the level set by the Crop Provisions;
(2) Initially planted prior to the date established by the Special
Provisions; or
(3) On which one replanting payment has already been allowed for
the crop year.
(c) The replanting payment per acre will be your actual cost for
replanting, but will not exceed the amount determined in accordance
with the Crop Provisions.
(d) If the information reported by you on the acreage report
results in a lower premium than the actual premium determined to be due
based on the acreage, share, practice, or type determined actually to
have existed, the replanting payment will be reduced proportionately.
(e) No replanting payment will be paid for replanting any crop if
we determine it is not practical to replant (see section 1(kk)).
14. Duties In The Event Of Damage Or Loss. Your Duties: (a) In case
of damage or loss of revenue to any insured crop you must:
(1) Protect the crop from further damage by providing sufficient
care;
(2) Give us notice within 72 hours of your initial discovery of
damage (but not later than 15 days after the end of the insurance
period);
(3) Leave representative samples intact for each field of the
damaged unit as may be required by the Crop Provisions; and
(4) Give us notice of your expected revenue loss not later than 45
days after the date the Harvest Price is published.
(b) You must obtain consent from us before, and notify us after
you:
(1) Destroy any of the insured crop which is not harvested;
(2) Put the insured crop to an alternative use;
(3) Put the acreage to another use; or
(4) Abandon any portion of the insured crop.
We will not give such consent if it is practical to replant the
crop or until we have made an appraisal of the potential production of
the crop.
(c) In addition to complying with all other notice requirements,
you must submit a claim for indemnity declaring the amount of your loss
not later than 60 days after the end of the insurance period. This
claim must include all the information we require to settle the claim.
(d) Upon our request, you must:
(1) Provide a complete harvesting and marketing record of each
insured crop by unit including separate records showing the same
information for production from any acreage not insured; and
(2) Submit to examination under oath.
(e) You must establish the total production for the insured crop on
the unit and that any loss of production has been directly caused by
one or more of the insured causes, specified in the Crop Provisions,
during the insurance period.
(f) All notices required in section 14 of these Basic Provisions
that must be received by us within 72 hours may be made by telephone or
in person to your crop insurance agent but must be confirmed in writing
within 15 days.
Our Duties: (a) If you have complied with all the policy
provisions, we will pay your loss within 30 days after:
(1) We reach agreement with you; or
(2) The entry of a final judgment by a court of competent
jurisdiction.
(b) In the event we are unable to pay your loss within 30 days, we
will give you notice of our intentions within the 30 day period.
(c) We may defer the adjustment of a loss until the amount of loss
can be accurately determined. We will not pay for additional damage
resulting from your failure to provide sufficient care for the crop
during the deferral period.
(d) We recognize and apply the MPCI loss adjustment procedures
established or approved by FCIC to determine production to count.
15. Production Included In Determining Indemnities. (a) The total
production to be counted for a unit will include all production
determined in accordance with the Crop Provisions.
(b) The amount of production of any unharvested insured crop may be
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appraisals conducted after the end of the insurance period.
16. Crops As Payment. You must not abandon any crop to us. We will
not accept any crop as compensation for payments due us.
17. Arbitration. If you and we fail to agree on any factual
determination, disagreement will be resolved in accordance with the
rules of the American Arbitration Association. Failure to agree with
any factual determination made by FCIC must be resolved pursuant to 7
CFR part 11.
18. Access To Insured Crop And Record Retention. (a) We reserve the
right to examine the insured crop as often as we reasonably require.
(b) For three years after the end of the crop year, you must
retain, and provide upon our request, complete records of the
harvesting, storage, shipment, sale, or other disposition of all the
insured crop produced on each unit. This requirement also applies to
the records used to establish the basis for the production report for
each unit. You must also upon our request, provide separate records
showing the same information for production from any acreage not
insured. We may extend the record retention period beyond three years
by notifying you of such extension in writing. Your failure to keep and
maintain such records may, at our option, result in:
(1) Cancellation of the policy;
(2) Assignment of production to units by us; or
(3) A determination that no indemnity is due.
(c) Any person designated by us will, at any time during the record
retention period, have access:
(1) To any records relating to this insurance at any location where
such records may be found or maintained; and
(2) To the farm.
(d) By applying for insurance under the Act or by continuing
insurance previously applied for, you authorize us, or any person
acting for us, to obtain records relating to the insured crop from any
person who may have custody of those records including, but not limited
to, county FSA offices, banks, warehouses, gins, cooperatives,
marketing associations, accountants, etc. You must assist us in
obtaining all records which we request from third parties.
19. Other Insurance. (a) Other Like Insurance. You must not obtain
any other crop insurance issued under the authority of the Act on your
share of the insured crop. If we determine that more than one policy on
your share is intentional, you may be subject to the fraud provisions
under this policy. If we determine that the violation was not
intentional, the policy with the earliest date of application will be
in force and all other policies will be void. Nothing in section 19(a)
of these Basic Provisions prevents you from obtaining other insurance
not issued under the Act.
(b) Other Insurance Against Fire.
If you have other insurance, whether valid or not, against damage
to the insured crop by fire during the insurance period, we will be
liable for loss for the smaller of:
(1) The amount of indemnity determined pursuant to this policy
without regard to any other insurance; or
(2) The amount by which the loss is determined to exceed the
indemnity paid or payable under such other insurance.
For the purpose of section 19(b)(2) of these Basic Provisions, the
amount of loss will be the reduction in revenue of the insured crop on
the unit involved determined pursuant to this policy.
20. Conformity To Food Security Act. Although your violation of a
number of federal statutes, including the Act, may cause cancellation,
termination, or voidance of your insurance contract, you should be
aware that your policy will be canceled if you are determined to be
ineligible to receive benefits under the Act, due to violation of the
Controlled Substance Provision (title XVII) of the Food Security Act of
1985 (Pub. L. 99-198) and the regulations promulgated under the Act by
the United States Department of Agriculture. Your insurance policy will
be canceled if you are determined, by the appropriate United States
Government Agency, to be in violation of these provisions. We will
recover any and all monies paid to you or received by you and your
premium will be refunded less a reasonable amount for expenses and
handling not to exceed 20 percent of the premium paid.
21. Amounts Due us.
(a) Interest will accrue at the rate of 1.25 percent simple
interest per calendar month, or any part thereof, on any unpaid amount
due us. For the purpose of premium amounts due us, interest will start
on the first day of the month following the premium billing date
specified in the Special Provisions.
(b) For the purpose of any other amounts due us, such as repayment
of indemnities found not to have been earned, interest will start on
the date that notice is issued to you for the collection of the
unearned amount. Amounts found due under section 21(b) of these Basic
Provisions will not be charged interest if payment is made within 30
days of issuance of the notice by us. The amount will be considered
delinquent if not paid within 30 days of the date the notice is issued
by us.
(c) All amounts paid will be applied first to expenses of
collection (see section 21(d) of these Basic Provisions), if any,
second, to the reduction of accrued interest, and then to the principal
balance.
(d) If we determine that it is necessary to contract with a
collection agency or to employ an attorney to assist in collection, you
agree to pay all of the expenses of collection. Those expenses will be
paid before the application of any amounts to interest or principal.
22. Legal Action Against us. You may not bring legal action against
us unless you have complied with all of the policy provisions.
23. Payment And Interest Limitations. We will pay simple interest
computed on the net indemnity ultimately found to be due by us or by a
final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, from and including
the 61st day after the date you sign, date, and submit to us the
properly completed claim on our form. Interest will be paid only if the
reason for our failure to timely pay is NOT due to your failure to
provide information or other material necessary for the computation or
payment of the indemnity. The interest rate will be that established by
the Secretary of the Treasury under section 12 of the Contract Disputes
Act of 1978 (41 U.S.C. 611), and published in the Federal Register
semiannually on or about January 1 and July 1 of each year and may vary
with each publication.
24. Concealment, Misrepresentation Or Fraud. This policy will be
void in the event you have falsely or fraudulently concealed either the
fact that you are restricted from receiving benefits under the Act or
that action is pending which may restrict your eligibility to receive
such benefits. We will also void this policy if you or anyone assisting
you has intentionally concealed or misrepresented any material fact
relating to this or any other FCIC or FCIC reinsured policy. This
voidance will not affect your obligation to pay premiums or waive any
of our rights under this policy, including the right to collect any
amount due us. The voidance will be effective as of the time coverage
began for the crop year within which such act occurred.
25. Transfer Of Coverage And Right To Indemnity. If you transfer
any part of your share during the crop year, you may transfer your
coverage rights. The transfer must be on our form and approved by us.
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person to whom you transfer your interest are jointly and severally
liable for the payment of the premium. The transferee has all rights
and responsibilities under this policy consistent with the transferee's
interest.
26. Assignment Of Indemnity. You may assign to another party your
right to an indemnity for the crop year. The assignment must be on our
form and will not be effective until approved in writing by us. The
assignee will have the right to submit all loss notices and forms as
required by the policy.
27. Subrogation (Recovery Of Loss From A Third Party). Because you
may be able to recover all or a part of your loss from someone other
than us, you must do all you can to preserve this right. If we pay you
for your loss, your right to recovery will, at our option, belong to
us. If we recover more than we paid you plus our expenses, the excess
will be paid to you.
28. Descriptive Headings. The descriptive headings of the various
policy provisions are formulated for convenience only and are not
intended to affect the construction or meaning of any of the policy
provisions.
29. Notices. All notices required to be given by you must be in
writing and received by your crop insurance agent within the designated
time unless otherwise provided by the notice requirement. Notices
required to be given immediately may be by telephone or in person and
confirmed in writing. Time of the notice will be determined by the time
of our receipt of the written notice. If the date by which you are
required to submit a report or notice falls on Saturday, Sunday, or a
Federal holiday, or, if your agent's office is, for any reason, not
open for business on the date you are required to submit such notice or
report, such notice or report must be submitted on the next business
day. All notices and communications required to be sent by us to you
will be mailed to the address contained in your records located with
your crop insurance agent. You should advise us immediately of any
change of address.

Crop Revenue Coverage Insurance Policy

Wheat Crop Provisions

This is a risk management program. This risk management tool may be
reinsured under the authority provided by section 508(h) of the Federal
Crop Insurance Act. If a conflict exists among the Crop Revenue
Coverage Basic Provisions (Basic Provisions), these Wheat Crop
Provisions, and the Special Provisions, the Special Provisions will
control these Wheat Crop Provisions and the Basic Provisions and these
Wheat Crop Provisions will control the Basic Provisions.
1. Definitions
(a) Adequate Stand--A population of live plants per unit of acreage
which will produce at least the yield used to establish your Final
Guarantee.
(b) Average Daily Settlement Price--Refer to the definition
contained in the Commodity Exchange Endorsement--Wheat.
(c) Base Price--Refer to the definition contained in the Commodity
Exchange Endorsement--Wheat.
(d) Calculated Revenue--The production to count multiplied by the
Harvest Price.
(e) Days--Calendar days.
(f) Final Guarantee--The number of dollars guaranteed per acre
determined to be the higher of the Minimum Guarantee or the Harvest
Guarantee, where:
(1) Minimum Guarantee--The Approved Yield per acre multiplied by
the Base Price multiplied by the coverage level percentage you elect.
(2) Harvest Guarantee--The Approved Yield per acre multiplied by
the Harvest Price, multiplied by the coverage level percentage you
elect.
(g) Final planting date--The date contained in the Special
Provisions for the insured crop by which the crop must initially be
planted in order to be insured for the full Final Guarantee.
(h) Good farming practices--Good farming practices are the cultural
practices generally in use in the county for the insured crop to make
normal progress toward maturity and produce at least the yield used to
determine the Final Guarantee and are those recognized by the
Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service as
compatible with agronomic and weather conditions in the area.
(i) Harvest--Combining or threshing the insured crop for grain or
cutting for hay or silage on any acreage. A crop which is swathed prior
to combining is not considered harvested.
(j) Harvest Price--Refer to the definition contained in the
Commodity Exchange Endorsement--Wheat.
(k) Initially planted--The first occurrence of planting the insured
crop on insurable acreage for the crop year.
(l) Interplanted--Acreage on which two or more crops are planted in
a manner that does not permit separate agronomic maintenance or harvest
of the insured crop.
(m) Irrigated practice--A method of producing a crop by which water
is artificially applied during the growing season by appropriate
systems, and at the proper times, with the intention of providing the
quantity of water needed to produce at least the yield used to
establish the Final Guarantee on the irrigated acreage planted to the
insured crop.
(n) Late planted--Acreage planted to the insured crop during the
late planting period.
(o) Late planting period--(not applicable for fall-planted wheat)--
The period that begins the day after the final planting date for the
insured crop and ends 25 days after the final planting date.
(p) Latest final planting date--(1) The final planting date for
spring-planted acreage in all counties for which the Special Provisions
designate a final planting date for spring-planted acreage only;
(2) The final planting date for fall-planted acreage in all
counties for which the Special Provisions designate a final planting
date for fall-planted acreage only; or
(3) The final planting date for spring-planted acreage in all
counties for which the Special Provisions designate final planting
dates for both spring-planted and fall-planted acreage.
(q) Local market price--The cash grain price per bushel for the
U.S. No. 2 grade of the insured crop offered by buyers in the area in
which you normally market the insured crop. The local market price will
reflect the maximum limits of quality deficiencies allowable for the
U.S. No. 2 grade of the insured crop. Factors not associated with
grading under the Official United States Standards for Grain, including
but not limited to protein, oil or moisture content, or milling quality
will not be considered.
(r) Nurse crop (companion crop)--A crop planted into the same
acreage as another crop, that is intended to be harvested separately,
and which is planted to improve growing conditions for the crop with
which it is grown.
(s) Planted acreage--Land in which seed has been placed by a
machine appropriate for the insured crop and planting method, at the
correct depth, into a seedbed which has been properly prepared for the
planting method and production practice. Land on which seed is
initially spread onto the soil surface by any method and subsequently
is mechanically incorporated into the soil in a timely manner and at
the proper depth will be considered planted.
(t) Practical to replant--In lieu of the definition of ``practical
to replant'' in the Basic Provisions, our determination, after loss or
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limited to moisture availability, condition of the field, time to crop
maturity, etc., that a replanting of the insured crop will attain
maturity in the remainder of the crop year. It will not be considered
practical to replant after the end of the late planting period or the
final planting date if a late planting period is not applicable except
that it may be determined practical to replant after the end of the
late planting period or the final planting date if such practice is
generally occurring in the area (see section 7).
(u) Prevented planting--Inability to plant the insured crop with
proper equipment by the latest final planting date designated in the
Special Provisions for the insured crop in the county or the end of the
late planting period if applicable. You must have been unable to plant
the insured crop due to an insured cause of loss that has prevented the
majority of producers in the surrounding area from planting the same
crop.
(v) Prevented planting guarantee--The Prevented Planting Guarantee
for such acreage will be that percentage of the Final Guarantee for
timely planted acres as set forth in section 12(d).
(w) Replanting--Performing the cultural practices necessary to
replace the seed of the same insured crop, and replacing the seed for
the same crop in the insured acreage with the expectation of growing a
successful crop.
(x) Swathed--Severance of the stem and grain head from the ground
without removal of the seed from the head and placing into a windrow.
(y) Timely planted--Planted on or before the final planting date
designated in the Special Provisions for the insured crop in the
county.
(z) Wheat--Wheat for grain only.
2. Unit Division
Unless limited by the Special Provisions, a unit as defined in
section 1(xx) of the Basic Provisions, may be divided into optional
units if, for each optional unit you claim, all the conditions of this
section are met, or if we agree to such division in writing. Optional
units must be established at the time you file your report of acreage
for each crop year.
(a) You must have verifiable records of planted acreage and
production for each optional unit for at least the last crop year used
to determine your Final Guarantee.
(b) You must plant the crop in a manner which results in a clear
and discernable break in the planting pattern at the boundaries of each
optional unit.
(c) You must have measurements of stored production or records of
marketed production from each optional unit in a manner that permits us
to verify the production from the optional unit.
(d) Each optional unit must meet one or more of the following:
(1) Optional Units by Section, Section Equivalent, or FSA Farm
Serial Number: Optional units may be established if each optional unit
is located in a separate section. In the absence of sections, we may
consider parcels of land legally identified by other methods of measure
including, but not limited to: Spanish grants, railroad surveys,
leagues, labors, or Virginia Military Lands. In areas which have not
been surveyed using the systems identified above or another system
approved by us, and in areas where boundaries are not readily
discernable, each optional unit must be located in a separate FSA Farm
Serial Number.
(2) Optional Units on Acreage Including Both Irrigated and Non-
Irrigated Practices: In addition to or instead of establishing optional
units by section, section equivalent, or FSA Farm Serial Number,
optional units may be established if each optional unit contains only
irrigated acreage or only non-irrigated acreage. The irrigated acreage
may not extend beyond the point at which your irrigation system can
deliver the quantity of water needed to produce the yield on which your
Final Guarantee is based. You must plant, cultivate, fertilize, or
otherwise care for the irrigated acreage and the non-irrigated acreage
in an appropriate manner.
(3) Optional Units by Initially Planted Winter Wheat or Initially
Planted Spring Wheat: In addition to or instead of establishing
optional units by section, section equivalent, or FSA Farm Serial
Number as described in section 2(d)(1) or by irrigated and non-
irrigated practices as described in section 2(d)(2), optional units may
be established if each optional unit contains only initially planted
winter wheat or only initially planted spring wheat. Optional units may
be established in this manner only in counties having both fall and
spring final planting dates as designated by the Special Provisions.
(e) Basic units may not be divided into optional units on any basis
(production practice, type, variety, planting period, etc.) other than
as described under this section. If you do not comply fully with these
conditions, we will combine all optional units which are not
established in compliance with these provisions into the basic unit
from which they were formed. We may do this at any time we discover
that you have failed to comply with these conditions. If failure to
comply with these provisions is determined to be inadvertent, and if
the optional units are combined, the premium paid for electing optional
units will be refunded to you.
3. Coverage Level
In addition to the requirements of section 3 (Coverage Level) of
the Basic Provisions, all the insurable wheat in the county insured as
grain under this policy will have the same coverage level election.
4. Contract Changes
In accordance with section 4 (Contract changes) in the Basic
Provisions, the contract change date is December 31 preceding the
cancellation date for counties with a March 15 cancellation date and
June 30 preceding the cancellation date for all other counties
5. Cancellation and Termination Dates
The cancellation and termination dates are:

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Crop, state and county Cancellation date Termination date
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Wheat
All Colorado counties except Alamosa, September 30..................... September 30.
Archuleta, Conejos, Costilla, Custer,
Delta, Dolores, Eagle, Garfield, Grand, La
Plata, Mesa, Moffat, Montezuma, Montrose,
Ouray, Pitkin, Rio Blanco, Rio Grande,
Routt, Saguache, and San Miguel Counties;
all Iowa counties except Plymouth,
Cherokee, Buena Vista, Pocahontas,
Humbolt, Wright, Franklin, Butler, Black
Hawk, Buchanan, Delaware, and Dubuque
Counties and all Iowa counties north
thereof; all Wisconsin counties except
Trempealeau, Jackson, Wood, Portage,
Waupaca, Outagamie, Brown, and Kewaunee
Counties and all Wisconsin counties north
and west thereof; and all other states
except Alaska, Arizona, California,
Connecticut, Idaho, Maine, Massachusetts,
Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire,
New York, North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode
Island, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont,
Washington, and Wyoming.

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Archuleta, Custer, Delta, Dolores, Eagle, September 30..................... November 30.
Garfield, Grand, La Plata, Mesa, Moffat,
Montezuma, Montrose, Ouray, Pitkin, Rio
Blanco, Routt, and San Miguel Counties,
Colorado; Connecticut; Idaho; Plymouth,
Cherokee, Buena Vista, Pocahontas,
Humboldt, Wright, Franklin, Butler, Black
Hawk, Buchanan, Delaware, and Dubuque
Counties, Iowa, and all Iowa counties
north thereof; Massachusetts; all Montana
counties except Daniels, Roosevelt,
Sheridan, and Valley Counties; New York;
Oregon; Rhode Island; all South Dakota
counties except Harding, Perkins, Corson,
Walworth, Edmonds, Faulk, Spink, Beadle,
Jerauld, Aurora, Douglas, and Bon Homme
Counties and all South Dakota counties
north and east thereof; Washington; and
all Wyoming counties except Big Horn,
Fremont, Hot Springs, Park, and Washakie
Counties.
Matanuska-Susitna County, Alaska; Arizona; October 31....................... November 30.
California; Nevada; and Utah.
All Alaska counties except Matanuska- March 15......................... March 15.
Susitna County; Alamosa, Conejos,
Costilla, Rio Grande, and Saguache
Counties, Colorado; Maine; Minnesota;
Daniels, Roosevelt, Sheridan, and Valley
Counties, Montana; New Hampshire; North
Dakota; Harding, Perkins, Corson,
Walworth, Edmunds, Faulk, Spink, Beadle,
Jerauld, Aurora, Douglas, and Bon Homme
Counties, South Dakota, and all South
Dakota counties north and east thereof;
Vermont; Trempealeau, Jackson, Wood,
Portage, Waupaca, Outagamie, Brown, and
Kewaunee Counties, Wisconsin, and all
Wisconsin counties north and west thereof;
Big Horn, Fremont, Hot Springs, Park, and
Washakie Counties, Wyoming.
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6. Insured Crop
(a) In accordance with section 8 (Insured Crop) of the Basic
Provisions, the crop insured will be wheat you elect to insure, that is
grown in the county on insurable acreage, and for which premium rates
are provided by the County Actuarial Table:
(1) In which you have a share;
(2) That is planted for harvest as grain;
(3) That is not:
(i) Interplanted with another crop;
(ii) Planted into an established grass or legume; or
(iii) Planted as a nurse crop, unless planted as a nurse crop for
new forage seeding, but only if seeded at a normal rate and intended
for harvest as grain.
(b) If you anticipate destroying any acreage prior to harvest you:
(1) May report all planted acreage when you report your acreage for
the crop year and specify any acreage to be destroyed as uninsurable
acreage. (By doing so, no coverage will be considered to have attached
on the specified acreage and no premium will be due for such acreage.
If you do not destroy such acreage, you will be subject to the under-
reporting provisions contained in section 6(f) of the Basic
Provisions); or
(2) If the County Actuarial Table provides a reduced premium rate
for acreage destroyed by a date designated in the Special Provisions,
you may report all planted acreage as insurable when you report your
acreage for the crop year. Premium will be due on all the acreage. Your
premium amount will be reduced by the amount shown on the County
Actuarial Table for any acreage you destroy prior to a date designated
in the Special Provisions if you do not claim an indemnity on such
acreage. In accordance with section 14(b) of the Basic Provisions, you
must obtain our consent before and give us notice after you destroy any
of the insured crop so your acreage report can be revised to make you
eligible for this reduction in premium.
(c) In counties for which the Wheat Special Provisions designate
both fall and spring final planting dates, you may elect a winter wheat
coverage endorsement. This endorsement provides two options for
alternative coverage for wheat that is damaged between the fall final
planting date and the spring final planting date. Coverage under the
endorsement will be effective only if you designate the coverage option
you elect by executing the endorsement by the sales closing date for
winter wheat in the county.
7. Insurance Period
In lieu of the requirements under section 11 (Insurance Period) of
the Basic Provisions, and subject to any provisions provided by the
Winter Wheat Coverage Endorsement if you have elected such endorsement,
the insurance period is as follows:
(a) Insurance attaches on each unit or part thereof on the later of
the date we accept your application or the date the insured crop is
planted subject to the following limitations:
(1) The acreage must be planted on or before the final planting
date designated in the Special Provisions for the type (winter or
spring) except as allowed in section 12(c).
(2) Whenever the Special Provisions designate only a fall final
planting date, any acreage of winter wheat damaged before such final
planting date, to the extent that growers in the area would normally
not further care for the crop, must be replanted to a winter type of
the insured crop unless we agree that replanting is not practical.
(3) Whenever the Special Provisions designate both fall and spring
final planting dates, winter wheat planted on or before the fall final
planting date which is damaged:
(i) Before the fall planting final planting date, to the extent
that growers in the area would normally not further care for the crop,
must be replanted to a winter type of the insured crop unless we agree
that replanting is not practical.
(ii) On or after the fall final planting date, but before the
spring final planting date, to the extent that growers in the area
would normally not further care for the crop, must be replanted to an
appropriate variety of the insured crop unless we agree that replanting
is not practical.
If you have elected coverage under one of the available Winter
Wheat Coverage Endorsement Options available in the county, the
insurance period for wheat will be in accordance with the selected
option.
(4) Whenever the Special Provisions designate only a spring final
planting date:
(i) Any acreage of spring wheat damaged before such final planting
date, to the extent that growers in the area would normally not further
care for the crop, must be replanted to a spring type of the insured
crop unless we agree that replanting is not practical; and
(ii) Whenever the Special Provisions designate only a spring final
planting date, any acreage of fall planted wheat is not insured unless
you request such coverage and we agree in writing that the acreage has
an adequate stand in the spring to produce the yield used to determine
your Final Guarantee. Insurance will then attach to acreage having an
adequate stand on the earlier of the spring final planting date or the
date we agree to accept the acreage for insurance. If such fall planted
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the acreage report as an uninsured fall planted crop.
(b) Insurance ends on each unit at the earliest of:
(1) Total destruction of the insured crop on the unit;
(2) Harvest of the unit;
(3) Final adjustment of a loss on the unit;
(4) September 25 following planting in Alaska, or October 31 of the
calendar year in which the crop is normally harvested in all other
states; or
(5) Abandonment of the crop on the unit.
8. Causes of Loss
In addition to the provisions under section 12 (Causes of Loss) of
the Basic Provisions, any loss covered by this policy must occur within
the insurance period. The specific causes of loss for wheat are:
(a) Adverse weather conditions;
(b) Fire;
(c) Insects, but not damage allowed because of insufficient or
improper application of pest control measures;
(d) Plant disease, but not damage allowed because of insufficient
or improper application of disease control measures;
(e) Wildlife;
(f) Earthquake;
(g) Volcanic eruption;
(h) Failure of the irrigation water supply; or
(i) A Harvest Price that is less than the Base Price.
9. Replanting Payments
(a) A replant payment for wheat only is allowed as follows:
(1) You comply with all requirements regarding replanting payments
contained under section 13 (Replanting Payment) of the Basic Provisions
and in any winter wheat coverage endorsement for which you are eligible
and which you have elected;
(2) The wheat must be damaged by an insurable cause of loss to the
extent that the remaining stand will not produce at least 90 percent of
the Minimum Guarantee for the acreage;
(3) The acreage must have been initially planted to spring wheat in
those counties with only a spring final planting date;
(4) The damage must occur after the fall final planting date in
those counties where both a fall and spring final planting date are
designated;
(5) Replanting must take place not later than 25 days after the
spring final planting date; and
(6) The replanted wheat must be seeded at a rate that is normal for
initially planted wheat (if new seed is planted at a reduced seeding
rate into a partially damaged stand of wheat, the acreage will not be
eligible for a replanting payment).
(b) No replanting payment will be made for acreage initially
planted to winter wheat in any county for which the Special Provisions
contain only a fall final planting date.
(c) In accordance with section 13(c) of the Basic Provisions, the
maximum amount of the replanting payment per acre will be the lesser of
20 percent of the Minimum Guarantee or 3 bushels, times the Base Price
times your share.
(d) When wheat is replanted using a practice that is uninsurable
for an original planting, the liability for the unit will be reduced by
the amount of the replanting payment. The premium amount will not be
reduced.
10. Duties in the Event of Damage or Loss
In addition to your duties under section 14 of the Basic
Provisions, if you initially discover damage to any insured crop within
15 days of, or during harvest, you must leave representative samples of
the unharvested crop for our inspection. The samples must be at least
10 feet wide and the entire length of each field in the unit, and must
not be harvested or destroyed until the earlier of our inspection or 15
days after harvest of the balance of the unit is completed.
11. Settlement of Claim
(a) We will determine your loss on a unit basis. In the event you
are unable to provide records of production that are acceptable to us
for any:
(1) Optional unit, we will combine all optional units for which
acceptable records of production were not provided; or for any
(2) Basic unit, we will allocate any commingled production to such
units 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 on any insured unit of wheat by:
(1) Multiplying the insured acreage of wheat by the Final
Guarantee;
(2) Subtracting the Calculated Revenue from the result of section
11(b)(1); and
(3) Multiplying the result by your share.
If the result of section 11(b)(3) is greater than zero, an
indemnity will be paid. If the result of section 11(b)(3) is less than
zero, no indemnity will be due.
(c) The total production (bushels) to count from all insurable
acreage on the unit will include:
(1) All appraised production as follows:
(i) Not less than that amount of production that when multiplied by
the Harvest Price equals the Final Guarantee for acreage:
(A) Which is abandoned;
(B) Put to another use without our consent;
(C) Damaged solely by uninsured causes; or
(D) For which you fail to provide records of production that are
acceptable to us;
(ii) Production lost due to uninsured causes;
(iii) Unharvested production (mature unharvested production may be
adjusted for quality deficiencies and excess moisture in accordance
with section 11(d));
(iv) Potential production on insured acreage you want to put to
another use or you wish to abandon and no longer care for, if you and
we agree on the appraised amount of production. Upon such agreement the
insurance period for that acreage will end if you put the acreage to
another use or abandon the crop. If:
(A) Agreement on the appraised amount of production is not reached,
you may elect to continue to care for the crop, or we will 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 amount of production to count for such
acreage will be based on the harvested production or appraisals from
the samples at the time harvest should have occurred. If you do not
leave the required samples intact, or you 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 amount of
production to count.
(B) You elect to continue to care for the crop, we will determine
the amount of production to count for the acreage using the harvested
production, or our reappraisal if additional damage occurs and the crop
is not harvested.
(2) All harvested production from the insurable acreage.
(d) Mature wheat production may be adjusted for excess moisture and
quality deficiencies.
(1) Production will be reduced by .12 percent for each .1
percentage point of moisture in excess of 13.5 percent for wheat. We
may obtain samples of the production to determine the moisture content.
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(i) Deficiencies in quality, in accordance with the Official United
States Standards for Grain, result in wheat not meeting the grade
requirements for U.S. No. 4 (grades U.S. No. 5 or worse) because of
test weight, total damaged kernels (excluding heat damage), shrunken or
broken kernels, or defects (excluding foreign material and heat
damage), or grading garlicky, light smutty, smutty or ergoty;
(ii) Substances or conditions are present, including mycotoxins,
that are identified by the Food and Drug Administration or other public
health organizations of the United States as being injurious to human
or animal health.
(3) Quality will be a factor in determining your loss only if:
(i) The deficiencies, substances, or conditions resulted from a
cause of loss against which insurance is specified in section 8;
(ii) All determinations of these deficiencies, substances, or
conditions are made using samples of the production obtained by us or
by a disinterested third party approved by us; and
(iii) The samples are analyzed by a grain grader licensed under the
authority of the United States Grain Standards Act or the United States
Warehouse Act with regard to deficiencies in quality, or by a
laboratory approved by us with regard to substances or conditions
injurious to human or animal health. Test weight for quality adjustment
purposes may be determined by our loss adjuster.
(4) Production of wheat that is eligible for quality adjustment, as
specified in sections 11(d)(2) and 11(d)(3), will be reduced by the
quality adjustment factor contained in the Special Provisions.
(e) Any production harvested from plants growing in the insured
crop may be counted as production of the insured crop on a weight
basis.
12. Late Planting and Prevented Planting
(a) In lieu of section 8(b)(2) and section 1(hh) of the Basic
Provisions, insurance will be provided for acreage planted to the
insured crop during the late planting period (see section 12(c)), and
acreage you were prevented from planting (see section 12(d)). These
coverages provide reduced guarantees. The reduced guarantees will be
combined with the Final Guarantee for timely planted acreage for each
unit. The premium amount for late planted acreage and eligible
prevented planting acreage will be the same as that for timely planted
acreage. If the amount of premium you are required to pay (gross
premium less our subsidy) for late planted acreage or prevented
planting acreage exceeds the liability on such acreage, coverage for
those acres will not be provided (no premium will be due and no
indemnity will be paid for such acreage). For example, assume you
insure one unit in which you have a 100 percent share. The unit
consists of 150 acres, of which 50 acres were planted timely, 50 acres
were planted 7 days after the final planting date (late planted), and
50 acres are unplanted and eligible for prevented planting coverage. To
calculate the amount of any indemnity which may be due to you, the
Final Guarantee for the unit will be computed as follows:
(1) For timely planted acreage, multiply the per acre Final
Guarantee for timely planted acreage by the 50 acres planted timely;
(2) For late planted acreage, multiply the per acre Final Guarantee
for timely planted acreage by 93 percent (0.93) and multiply the result
by the 50 acres planted late; and
(3) For prevented planting acreage, multiply the per acre Final
Guarantee for timely planted acreage by:
(i) Fifty percent (0.50) and multiply the result by the 50 acres
you were prevented from planting, if the acreage is eligible for
prevented planting coverage, and if the acreage is left idle for the
crop year, or if a cover crop is planted not for harvest. Prevented
planting compensation hereunder will not be denied because the cover
crop is hayed or grazed; or
(ii) Twenty-five percent (0.25) and multiply the result by the 50
acres you were prevented from planting, if the acreage is eligible for
prevented planting coverage, and if you elect to plant a substitute
crop for harvest after the 10th day following the latest final planting
date for the insured crop.
The total of the three calculations will be the Final Guarantee for
the unit. Your premium will be based on the result of multiplying the
per acre Minimum Guarantee for timely planted acreage by the 150 acres
in the unit.
(b) If you were prevented from planting, you must provide written
notice to us not later than the acreage reporting date.
(c) Late planting. (1) For spring-planted wheat acreage in counties
for which the Special Provisions designate a spring final planting
date, the Final Guarantee for each acre will be reduced for each day
planted after the final planting date by:
(i) One percent (.01) per day for the first through the tenth day;
and
(ii) Two percent (.02) per day for the eleventh through the twenty-
fifth day.
(2) In addition to the requirements of section 6 (Report of
Acreage) of the Basic Provisions, you must report the dates the acreage
is planted within the late planting period.
(3) If planting of the insured crop continues after the final
planting date, or you are prevented from planting during the late
planting period, the acreage reporting date will be the later of:
(i) The acreage reporting date contained in the Special Provisions;
or
(ii) Five (5) days after the end of the late planting period.
(d) Prevented Planting (Including Planting After the Late Planting
Period).
(1) If you were prevented from planting the insured crop, you may
elect:
(i) To plant the insured crop during the late planting period. The
Final Guarantee for such acreage will be determined in accordance with
section 12(c)(1);
(ii) Not to plant this acreage to any crop except a cover crop not
for harvest. You may also elect to plant the insured crop after the
late planting period. In either case, the Prevented Planting Guarantee
for such acreage will be 50 percent of the final guarantee for timely
planted acres. In counties for which the Special Provisions designate a
spring final planting date, the Prevented Planting Guarantee will be
based on your Final Guarantee for spring-planted acreage of the insured
crop. For example, if your Final Guarantee for timely planted acreage
is 120 dollars per acre, your prevented planting guarantee would be 60
dollars per acre (120 dollars multiplied by 0.50). If you elect to
plant the insured crop after the late planting period, production to
count for such acreage will be determined in accordance with sections
11(c) through (e); or
(iii) Not to plant the intended crop but plant a substitute crop
for harvest, in which case:
(A) No Prevented Planting Guarantee will be provided for such
acreage if the substitute crop is planted on or before the tenth day
following the latest final planting date for the insured crop; or
(B) A Prevented Planting Guarantee equal to 25 percent of the Final
Guarantee for timely planted acres will be provided for such acreage,
if the substitute crop is planted after the tenth day following the
latest final planting date for the insured crop. If you elected to
exclude this coverage, and plant a substitute crop, no prevented
planting coverage will be provided. For example, if your Final
Guarantee for timely planted acreage is 120 dollars per acre, your
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would be 30 dollars per acre (120 dollars multiplied by 0.25). You may
elect to exclude prevented planting coverage when a substitute crop is
planted for harvest and receive a reduction in the applicable premium
rate. If you wish to exclude this coverage, you must so indicate, on or
before the sales closing date, on your application or on a form
approved by us. Your election to exclude this coverage will remain in
effect from year to year unless you notify us in writing on our form by
the applicable sales closing date for the crop year for which you wish
to include this coverage. All acreage of the crop insured under this
policy will be subject to this exclusion.
(2) Proof may be required that you had the inputs available to
plant and produce the intended crop with the expectation of at least
producing the Minimum Guarantee.
(3) In addition to the provisions of section 11 (Insurance Period)
of the Basic Provisions, the insurance period for prevented planting
coverage begins:
(i) On the sales closing date contained in the Special Provisions
for the insured crop in the county for the crop year the application
for insurance is accepted; or
(ii) For any subsequent crop year, on the sales closing date for
the insured crop in the county for the previous crop year, provided
continuous coverage has been in effect since that date. For example: If
you make application and purchase insurance for wheat for the 1998 crop
year, prevented planting coverage will begin on the 1998 sales closing
date for the insured crop in the county. If the wheat coverage remains
in effect for the 1999 crop year (is not terminated or canceled during
or after the 1998 crop year, except the policy may have been canceled
to transfer the policy to a different insurance provider, if there is
no lapse in coverage), prevented planting coverage for the 1999 crop
year began on the 1998 sales closing date.
(4) The acreage to which prevented planting coverage applies will
not exceed the total eligible acreage on all FSA Farm Serial Numbers in
which you have a share, adjusted for any reconstitution that may have
occurred on or before the sales closing date. Eligible acreage for each
FSA Farm Serial Number is determined as follows:
(i) If you participate in any program administered by the United
States Department of Agriculture that limits the number of acres that
may be planted for the crop year, the acreage eligible for prevented
planting coverage will not exceed the total acreage permitted to be
planted to the insured crop.
(ii) If you do not participate in any program administered by the
United States Department of Agriculture that limits the number of acres
that may be planted, and unless we agree in writing on or before the
sales closing date, eligible acreage will not exceed the greater of:
(A) The FSA base acreage for the insured crop, including acres that
could be flexed from another crop, if applicable;
(B) The number of acres planted to the insured crop on the FSA Farm
Serial Number during the previous crop year; or
(C) One hundred percent (100%) of the simple average of the number
of acres planted to the insured crop during the crop years that you
certified to determine your yield.
(iii) Acreage intended to be planted under an irrigated practice
will be limited to the number of acres for which you had adequate
irrigation facilities prior to the insured cause of loss which
prevented you from planting.
(iv) Prevented planting coverage will not be provided for any
acreage:
(A) That does not constitute at least 20 acres or 20 percent of the
acreage in the unit, whichever is less (Acreage that is less than 20
acres or 20 percent of the acreage in the unit will be presumed to have
been intended to be planted to the insured crop planted in the unit,
unless you can show that you had the inputs available before the final
planting date to plant and produce another insured crop on the
acreage);
(B) For which the County Actuarial Table does not designate a
premium rate unless a written agreement designates such premium rate;
(C) Used for conservation purposes or intended to be left unplanted
under any program administered by the United States Department of
Agriculture;
(D) On which another crop is prevented from being planted, if you
have already received a prevented planting indemnity, guarantee or
amount of insurance for the same acreage in the same crop year, unless
you provide adequate records of acreage and production showing that the
acreage has a history of double-cropping in each of the last four
years;
(E) On which the insured crop is prevented from being planted, if
any other crop is planted and fails, or is planted and harvested, hayed
or grazed on the same acreage in the same crop year, (other than a
cover crop (see section 12(d)(1)(ii)) or a substitute crop (see section
12(d)(1)(iii))) unless you provide adequate records of acreage and
production showing that the acreage has a history of double-cropping in
each of the last four years;
(F) For which planting history or conservation plans indicate that
the acreage would have remained fallow for crop rotation purposes.
(v) For the purpose of determining eligible acreage for prevented
planting coverage, acreage for all units will be combined and be
reduced by the number of acres of the insured crop that are timely
planted and late planted, if the late planting period is applicable.
For example, assume you have 100 acres eligible for prevented planting
coverage in which you have a 100 percent share. The acreage is located
in a single FSA Farm Serial Number which you insure as two separate
optional units consisting of 50 acres each. If you planted 60 acres of
the insured crop on one optional unit and 40 acres of the insured crop
on the second optional unit, your prevented planting eligible acreage
would be reduced to zero (i.e., 100 acres eligible for prevented
planting coverage minus 100 acres planted equals zero).
(5) In accordance with the provisions of section 6 (Report of
Acreage) of the Basic Provisions, you must report by unit any insurable
acreage that you were prevented from planting. This report must be
submitted on or before the acreage reporting date for spring-planted
acreage of the insured crop in counties for which the Special
Provisions designates a spring final planting date, or the acreage
reporting date for fall-planted acreage of the insured crop in counties
for which the Special Provisions designates a fall final planting date
only. For the purpose of determining acreage eligible for a Prevented
Planting Guarantee, the total amount of prevented planting and planted
acres cannot exceed the maximum number of acres eligible for prevented
planting coverage. Any acreage you report in excess of the number of
acres eligible for prevented planting coverage, or that exceeds the
number of eligible acres physically located in a unit, will be deleted
from your acreage report.

Crop Revenue Coverage

Optional Endorsement

Winter Wheat Coverage Endorsement
(This is a Continuous Endorsement)
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Insured's Name and Address

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Agency Name and Address

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Policy No.: ____________

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Crop Year Effective: ________

Option Selected (Check One and sign below) A ____ B ____

(a) In return for payment of the additional premium designated in
the County Actuarial Table, this endorsement is attached to and made a
part of your Crop Revenue Coverage policy provisions subject to the
terms and conditions described herein.
(b) This endorsement is available only in counties for which the
Special Provisions designate both a fall final planting date and a
spring final planting date.
(c) This endorsement modifies the provisions of sections 7 and 11
of the Crop Revenue Coverage Wheat Crop Provisions (Wheat Crop
Provisions).
(1) You must have a Crop Revenue Coverage policy in force and elect
to insure wheat under that policy.
(2) You may select either Option A or Option B. Failure to select
either Option A or Option B means that you have rejected both Options
and this endorsement would be void.
(3) Insurance Period. Coverage under this endorsement begins on the
later of the date we accept your application for coverage or on the
fall final planting date designated in the Special Provisions. Coverage
ends on the spring final planting date designated in the Special
Provisions.
(4) The provisions under section 14 of the Crop Revenue Coverage
Basic Provisions (Basic Provisions) are amended to require that all
notices of damage must be provided to us by the spring final planting
date designated in the Special Provisions.
Option A
(30 Percent Coverage and Acreage Release)
Whenever any winter wheat is damaged during the insurance period
(see section (c) (3) above), and at least 20 acres or 20 percent of the
acreage in the unit, whichever is less, does not have an adequate stand
to produce at least 90 percent of the Minimum Guarantee for the acreage
(to calculate the actual percentage, multiply the appraised production
determined in accordance with section 11(c)(1) of the applicable Wheat
Crop Provisions times the Base Price and then divide that quantity by
the Minimum Guarantee), you may, at your option, take one of the
following actions:
(a) Destroy the remaining crop on such acreage. By doing so, you
agree to accept an amount of Calculated Revenue to count against the
unit Final Guarantee equal to 70 percent of the Final Guarantee for the
damaged acreage, or an appraisal determined in accordance with section
11(c)(1) of the applicable Wheat Crop Provisions if such an appraisal
results in a greater amount of Calculated Revenue. This amount will be
considered Calculated Revenue in determining any final indemnity on the
unit and will be used to settle your claim as described in the
provisions under section 11 (Settlement of Claim) of the applicable
Wheat Crop Provisions. You may use such acreage for any purpose,
including planting and separately insuring any other crop. If you elect
to utilize such acreage for the production of spring wheat, you must:
(1) Plant the spring wheat in a manner which results in a clear and
discernible break in the planting pattern at the boundary between it
and any remaining winter wheat; and
(2) Store or market the production from such acreage in such a
manner which permits us to verify the amount of spring wheat production
separately from any winter wheat production.
In the event you are unable to provide records of production that
are acceptable to us, the spring wheat acreage will be considered to be
a part of the original winter wheat unit. If you elected to insure the
spring wheat acreage as a separate optional unit, any premium amount
for such acreage will be considered earned and payable to us.
(b) Continue to care for the damaged crop. By doing so, coverage
will continue under the terms of the Basic Provisions, applicable Wheat
Crop Provisions, and this Option.
(c) Replant the acreage to an appropriate variety of wheat, if it
is practical, and receive a replanting payment in accordance with the
terms of section 9. (Replanting Payments) of the applicable Wheat Crop
Provisions. By doing so, coverage will continue under the terms of the
Basic Provisions, the applicable Wheat Crop Provisions, and this
Option, and the Final Guarantee for winter wheat will remain in effect.
Option B
(With Full Winter Damage Coverage)
Whenever any winter wheat is damaged during the insurance period
(see section (c)(3) above), and at least 20 acres or 20 percent of the
acreage in the unit, whichever is less does not have an adequate stand
to produce at least 90 percent of the Minimum Guarantee for the acreage
(to calculate the actual percentage, multiply the appraised production
determined in accordance with section 11(c)(1) of the applicable Wheat
Crop Provisions times the Base Price and then divide that quantity by
the Minimum Guarantee), you may, at your option, take one of the
following actions:
(a) Continue to care for the damaged crop. By doing so, coverage
will continue under the terms of the Basic Provisions, the applicable
Wheat Crop Provisions, and this Option.
(b) Replant the acreage to an appropriate variety of wheat, if it
is practical, and receive a replanting payment in accordance with the
terms of section 9 (Replanting Payments) of the applicable Wheat Crop
Provisions. By doing so, coverage will continue under the terms of the
Basic Provisions, the applicable Wheat Crop Provisions, and this
Option, and the Final Guarantee for winter wheat will remain in effect.
(c) Accept our appraisal of the crop on the damaged acreage as
Calculated Revenue to count against the Final Guarantee for the damaged
acreage, destroy the remaining crop on such acreage, and be eligible
for any indemnity due under the terms of the Basic Provisions and the
applicable Wheat Crop Provisions. The appraisal will be considered
Calculated Revenue in determining any final indemnity on the unit and
will be used to settle your claim as described in the provisions of
section 11 (Settlement of Claim) of the applicable Wheat Crop
Provisions. You may use such acreage for any purpose, including
planting and separately insuring any other crop. If you elect to
utilize such acreage for the production of spring wheat, you must:
(1) Plant the spring wheat in a manner which results in a clear and
discernible break in the planting pattern at the boundary between it
and any remaining winter wheat; and
(2) Store or market the production from such acreage in a manner
which permits us to verify the amount of spring wheat production
separately from any winter wheat production.
In the event you are unable to provide records of production that
are acceptable to us, the spring wheat acreage will be considered to be
a part of the original winter wheat unit. If you elected to insure the
spring wheat acreage as a separate optional unit, any premium amount
for such acreage will be considered earned and payable to us.

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Collection Of Information And Data (Privacy Act)

To the extent that the information requested herein relates to the
information supplier's individual capacity as opposed to the supplier's
entrepreneurial (business) capacity, the following statements are made
in accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (5 U.S.C. 552a).
The authority for requesting information to be furnished on this form
is the Federal Crop Insurance Act, as amended, (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.)
and the Federal Crop Insurance Regulations contained in 7 CFR chapter
IV.
Collection of the Social Security Account Number (SSN) or the
Employer Identification Number (EIN) is authorized by section 506 of
the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1506) and is required as a
condition of eligibility for participation in the Federal crop
insurance program. The primary use of the SSN or EIN is to correctly
identify you, and any other person with an interest in your operation
of 10 percent or more, as a policyholder within the systems maintained
by the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC). Furnishing the SSN/
EIN is voluntary; however, failure to furnish that number will result
in your being denied program participation and benefits.
The balance of the information requested is necessary for the
insurance company and FCIC to process this form to provide insurance,
provide reinsurance, determine eligibility, determine the correct
parties to the agreement, determine and collect premiums or other
monetary amounts (or fees), and pay benefits. The information furnished
on this form will be used by Federal agencies, FCIC employees,
insurance companies, and contractors who require such information in
the performance of their duties. The information may be furnished to:
FCIC contract agencies; employees and loss adjusters; reinsured
companies; other agencies within the United States Department of
Agriculture; the Internal Revenue Service; the Department of Justice,
or other Federal or State Law enforcement agencies; credit reporting
agencies and collection agencies; other Federal agencies as requested
in computer matching programs; and in response to judicial orders in
the course of litigation. Furnishing the information required by this
form is voluntary; however, failure to report the correct, complete
information requested may result in rejection of this form; rejection
of any claim for indemnity, replanting payment, or other benefit;
ineligibility for insurance; and a unilateral determination of any
monetary amounts due.

Signed in Washington, DC, on June 11, 1997.
Kenneth D. Ackerman,
Manager, Federal Crop Insurance Corporation.
[FR Doc. 97-15804 Filed 6-16-97; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410-08-P