BULLETIN NO.:  MGR-95-007

TO:        All Reinsured Companies
           CFSA Headquarters, Program Delivery and Field Operations
           All Risk Management Field Offices

FROM:      Kenneth D. Ackerman
           Acting Deputy Administrator

SUBJECT:   1995 Crop Year Acreage  and Production Reporting Dates for 
           Limited, Additional, and Catastrophic Risk Protection Coverage for 
           1995 Crop Year (1995 and 1996 Crop Years - Arizona, California, 
           and Texas Citrus)


BACKGROUND:

The Federal Crop Insurance Reform Act of 1994 (Act) required the Federal Crop 
Insurance Corporation (FCIC) to establish sales closing dates for all spring 
planted crops for the 1995 crop year 30 days earlier than those established 
for the 1994 crop year.  This change caused the Actual Production History 
(APH) production reporting date also to be 30 days earlier than in previous 
crop years which may make orderly production reporting more difficult 
considering the volume of new business under crop insurance reform.  
Corresponding dates for filing acreage reports and dates by which the 
previous year's acreage and production must be reported to determine the APH 
yield (herein referred to as the APH production reporting date) were not 
established based on the new sales closing dates.

Crop insurance reform also links the crop insurance program more closely to 
other USDA programs which provide benefits to producers.  As practical and 
within legal constraints, dates have been coordinated which have common 
purposes for the 1995 crop year.  Guidelines for these adjustments are listed 
below.  Actuarial documents will not be refiled to include these changes.

ACTION:

For the 1995 crop year (1995 and 1996 crop years for Arizona, California, and
Texas citrus):

     Production Reporting Dates:

       - For all Category C crops (CAT, limited, and additional coverages) 
         and fall planted crops (CAT coverage only) which have a published 
         sales closing date prior to January 1, 1995, the APH production 
         reporting date will be April 28, 1995. 
                                          
       - For all spring crops eligible for CAT, limited, and additional plans 
         of coverage, the APH production reporting date is the earlier of the 
         1995 acreage reporting date specified on Attachment 2 or May 31, 
         1995.

    Acreage Reporting Dates:

       - For all fall planted crops (CAT coverage only), and all spring crops 
         and Category C crops (for CAT, limited, and additional coverages), 
         the acreage reporting dates are shown on Attachments 1 and 2.



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