USA - RMA revises sugar beet crop insurance policies for 2020

03.12.2019 179 views

The Agriculture Department’s Risk Management Agency on Friday announced changes to crop insurance policies for sugar beets in 2020 that officials said “better protect sugar beet producers who may experience a bumper crop in future years as well as provide other flexibilities.”

“We continually listen to producers and other stakeholders in developing our crop insurance policies, and we make adjustments to these policies when necessary,” said RMA Administrator Martin Barbre.

“With these changes, USDA is able to better support sugar beet producers and ensure the early harvest adjustment more accurately matches their current year production.”

Key changes include:

▪ “Revising the maximum early harvest adjustment to better reflect a unit’s production capabilities, especially in cases of a sugar beet bumper crop. The rule limits the adjustment to a yield no greater than the producer’s approved Actual Production History yield or actual yield after full maturity. Previously, the adjustment was limited to the unit’s approved APH yield, and producers voiced concern that it may penalize them by failing to recognize the upward trend in sugar beet yields.

▪ “Adding procedures to allow third-party testing of sugar beets for raw sugar content, in addition to processors. This gives producers greater flexibility in obtaining raw sugar content tests.

▪ “Adding procedure to determine whether damaged sugar beet production has or does not have salvage value.

▪ “Changing the deadline for producers to provide a copy of the production agreement to the acreage reporting date (instead of the time of loss). This facilitates a faster determination by the insurance provider of proper acreage and liability coverage.

▪ “Removing the requirement to include a price, or formula for a price, in the production agreement based on third-party data. This better reflects that there is no third-party data source for prices and not all production agreements include a price.”

Changes are further described in a final rule, now available on the Federal Register. Interested parties are invited to comment on the rule for 60 days.

These changes take effect for crop year 2020 with policies that have a contract change date of Nov. 30, 2019. They take effect in all other counties beginning in crop year 2021. Crop years reflect the normal growing season and are identified by the year of harvest.

USDA noted that more than 1 million acres of sugar beets worth a total of over $980 million in liabilities are covered by crop insurance in California, Colorado, Idaho, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington and Wyoming.

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