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Additional Emergency Relief Program
July 20, 2022

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  • Q If ERP Phase 1 was only paid on standard acreage, is the producer required to purchase 60% on their high-risk acreage?

    A
    The producer is only required to purchase 60% or higher on standard acreage provided they exclude their high-risk acreage from coverage, insure high-risk acreage as CAT, or elect HR-ACE to insure high-risk acreage at a coverage level less than their standard acreage coverage level.

  • Q If ERP Phase 1 was only paid on irrigated acreage, is the producer required to purchase 60% on their non-irrigated acreage?

    A
    The producer is only required to purchase 60% or higher on irrigated acreage and may be able to elect a different coverage level on their non-irrigated acreage if allowed by their crop insurance policy. For example, crop insurance allows separate coverage levels by irrigation practice in counties where both the irrigated and non-irrigated practice are separately offered and this may be used to insure irrigated at 60% and non-irrigated at a lower coverage level.

  • Q If ERP Phase 1 was paid on one type of grapes, is the producer required to purchase 60% on all their grapes?

    A
    The producer is only required to purchase 60% or higher on the grape type(s) in which the ERP benefit was received.

  • Q My 2020 crop year prevented planting claim was reported by the AIP to RMA with a cause of loss date in calendar year 2019 even though I was also impacted by a qualifying disaster event in 2020. I did not receive an ERP application because of this so what can I do to resolve the issue?

    A
    FSA is working closely with RMA to identify these and other similar situations so that ERP Phase 1 applications can automatically be generated in late summer 2022.