PRODUCT MANAGEMENT BULLETIN: PM–17-015
United States Department of Agriculture
Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services
Risk Management Agency
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Stop 0801
Washington, DC 20250-0801
Date
March 08, 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:
Richard Flournoy, Deputy Administrator /s/ Rodger M. Matthews, for 3/8/2017
Subject:
2016 Crop Year Actual Revenue History (ARH) Sweet Cherry and Tart Cherry for Processing Annual Price
- Background
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The ARH Sweet Cherry and Tart Cherry for Processing Pilot Crop Provisions establish an Annual Price to determine revenue to count for certain appraised or unsold marketable production. In accordance with the definition of Annual Price in Section 2. Definitions of the ARH Sweet Cherry and Tart Cherry for Processing Pilot Crop Provisions, (d), Annual Price is to be calculated from data reported for the crop year by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) in their publication Noncitrus Fruits and Nuts Preliminary Summary, or by RMA if the publication is not available. NASS issued a notice that it would suspend the Noncitrus Fruits and Nuts Preliminary Summary.
- Action
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The Risk Management Agency (RMA) is issuing the following Annual Prices for crop year 2016:
DISPOSAL DATE:Type
State Price/lb. Sweet Cherries, Fresh (111)
California
$1.24
All other states
$1.05
Sweet Cherries, Processing (112)
All states
$0.40
Tart Cherries, Processing (416)
All states
$0.22
December 31, 2017