BULLETIN NO.:  MGR-95-023

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

FROM:     Kenneth D. Ackerman
          Acting Deputy Administrator

SUBJECT:  NAP, CAT, Limited and Additional Insurance Eligibility for Crops on   
          Early Released and One Year Contract Modification CRP Land

ISSUE:

The Consolidated Farm Service Agency (CFSA) has announced the early release 
and one year modification to extend certain acreage under the Conservation 
Reserve Program (CRP) contracts.  Some CRP land will be released after the 
sales closing date, but before the final planting date for some insurable 
crops.

DISCUSSION:

This Bulletin provides procedure for Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance 
Program (NAP), Catastrophic Risk Protection (CAT), Limited, and Additional 
insurance eligibility for crops grown on CRP land that is released from CRP 
after the final crop insurance sales closing date, but before the actual CRP 
contract ending date.

ACTION:

For crops on land signed for early release from CRP contracts, producers with 
an existing insurance contract for the crops grown on the released CRP land 
must report the crop for insurance purposes, provided it meets insurance 
eligibility requirements.  For crops planted on CRP land released after the 
sales closing date, there will be no late 1995 sign-up of crop insurance. 
Producers with no insurance contract for the crop grown, will be considered 
to have met the linkage requirements to receive program benefits which were 
affected by crop insurance linkage requirements.  NAP coverage will be 
available for those crops planted on the early released CRP acreage for which 
insurance is not available provided all NAP guidelines are met.