MANAGERS BULLETIN: MGR–17-017
United States Department of Agriculture
Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services
Risk Management Agency
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Stop 0801
Washington, DC 20250-0801
Date
December 18, 2017
To:
All Approved Insurance Providers
All Risk Management Agency Field Offices
All Other Interested Parties
All Risk Management Agency Field Offices
All Other Interested Parties
From:
Heather Manzano Acting Administrator /s/ Heather Manzano 12/18/2017
Subject:
2018 Crop Year County Spring Crops Program Expansion
- Background
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The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation has expanded the number of counties where certain crops are insurable for the 2018 crop year. The following attachment, 2018 Expansion of Existing Spring Crops Programs, lists the expansion by crop, state, and county for permanently-established (non-pilot) programs.
- Action
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Approved Insurance Providers should advise agents and in turn producers of the expanded county crop programs for the 2018 crop year to allow producers the opportunity to purchase crop insurance.
DISPOSAL DATE:
November 30, 2018.
Attachment
Crop State Counties Buckwheat Washington Adams Corn Mississippi Choctaw Cotton Virginia Mecklenburg, New Kent
Dry Beans
Idaho Franklin Dry peas
Alaska Fairbanks North Star, Southeast Fairbanks
Dry Peas
Kansas Decatur, Rawlins
Dry Peas
Nebraska Chase, Dundy, Hayes, Hitchcock, Lincoln, Red Willow
Dry Peas
Washington Benton
Grain Sorghum
California San Joaquin
Soybeans
Mississippi Choctaw Soybeans New York
Albany, Broome, Greene, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady
Sunflowers Nebraska Cherry, Dawes
Wheat
Minnesota Itasca