INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM: R&D-95-001 TO: All Reinsured Companies CFSA Headquarters, State, and County Offices All Risk Management Field Offices FROM: Tim B. Witt Research and Development Division SUBJECT: Final Dates by which Policies for Corn, Soybeans, Grain Sorghum, Cotton, and ELS Cotton may be Canceled for the 1995 Crop Year or Terminated for the 1996 Crop Year BACKGROUND: The Federal Crop Insurance Reform Act of 1994 required the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation to establish sales closing dates for all spring planted crops for the 1995 crop year to be 30 days earlier than those established for the 1994 crop year. Therefore, the sales closing dates contained in the Special Provisions for the 1995 crop year are now at least 30 days earlier for all such crops. Additionally, the coarse grains, cotton, and ELS cotton crop provisions in effect for the 1995 crop year contain new cancellation and termination dates. Because of the changes stated above, cancellation dates contained in the Special Provisions for the 1995 crop year for corn, soybeans, grain sorghum, cotton, and ELS cotton were changed. However, the cancellation dates for the 1995 crop year are contained in the regulations in effect for the 1994 crop year. Therefore, the cancellation dates contained in the 1994 crop insurance policy govern when the 1994 policy may be canceled for the 1995 crop year. The termination dates contained in the 1995 Special Provisions apply to when the policy will be terminated for the 1996 crop year. Some of the termination dates contained in the Special Provisions for the 1995 crop year for corn, soybeans, grain sorghum, cotton, and ELS cotton differ from the termination dates contained in the new crop provisions for these crops. The Common Crop Insurance Policy documents specify that if a conflict exists between the Crop Provisions and the Special Provisions, the Special Provisions will control. Therefore, the termination dates contained in the 1995 Special Provisions will govern when the policy will be terminated for the 1996 crop year. Final Dates by which Corn, Soybean, Grain Sorghum, Cotton, and ELS Cotton Policies may be Canceled for the 1995 Crop Year or Terminated for the 1996 Crop Year. ACTION: All corn, soybean, grain sorghum, cotton, and ELS cotton policyholders will have until the cancellation dates specified in the applicable crop insurance policy in effect for the 1994 crop year to cancel their 1994 policy for the 1995 crop year. For your convenience, attached are the cancellation dates contained in the 1994 crop insurance policies. All corn, soybean, grain sorghum, cotton, and ELS cotton policies with delinquent debts will be terminated for the 1996 crop year in accordance with the termination dates contained in the 1995 Special Provisions. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ATTACHMENT FINAL DATES BY WHICH THE 1994 POLICY MAY BE CANCELLED FOR THE 1995 CROP YEAR CORN AND GRAIN SORGHUM State and County Correct Cancellation Date Val Verde, Edwards, Kerr, Kendall, Bexar, Wilson, Karnes, Goliad, Victoria, and Jackson Counties, Texas, and all Texas counties lying south thereof February 15 Alabama; Arizona; Arkansas; California; Florida; Georgia; Louisiana; Mississippi; Nevada; North Carolina; and South Carolina March 31 El Paso, Hudspeth, Culberson, Reeves, Loving, Winkler, Ector, Upton, Reagan, Sterling, Coke, Tom Green, Concho, McCulloch, San Saba, Mills, Hamilton, Bosque, Johnson, Tarrant, Wise, Cooke Counties, Texas, and all Texas Counties lying south and east thereof to and including Terrell, Crockett, Sutton, Kimble, Gillespie, Blanco, Comal, Guadalupe, Gonzales, De Witt, Lavaca, Colorado, Wharton, and Matagorda Counties, Texas March 31 All other Texas counties and all other states April 15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SOYBEANS State and County Correct Cancellation Date Jackson, Victoria, Goliad, Bee, Live Oak, McMullen, Lasalle, and Dimmit Counties, Texas and all Texas counties lying south thereof February 15 Alabama; Arizona; Arkansas; California; Florida; Georgia; Louisiana; Mississippi; Nevada; North Carolina; South Carolina; and El Paso, Hudspeth, Culberson, Reeves, Loving, Winkler, Ector, Upton, Reagan, Sterling, Coke, Tom Green, Concho, McCulloch, San Saba, Mills, Hamilton, Bosque, Johnson, Tarrant, Wise, Cooke Counties, Texas, and all Texas counties lying south and east thereof to and including Maverick, Zavala, Frio, Atascosa, Karnes, De Witt, Lavaca, Colorado, Wharton, and Matagorda Counties, Texas March 31 All other Texas counties and all other states April 15 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ATTACHMENT FINAL DATES BY WHICH THE 1994 POLICY MAY BE CANCELLED FOR THE 1995 CROP YEAR COTTON State and County Correct Cancellation Date Val Verde, Edwards, Kerr, Kendall, Bexar, Wilson, Karnes, Goliad, Victoria, and Jackson Counties, Texas, and all Texas counties lying south thereof February 15 Alabama; Arizona; Arkansas; California; Florida; Georgia; Louisiana; Mississippi; Nevada; North Carolina; South Carolina; and El Paso, Hudspeth, Culberson, Reeves, Loving, Winkler, Ector, Upton, Reagan, Sterling, Coke, Tom Green, Concho, McCulloch, San Saba, Mills, Hamilton, Bosque, Johnson, Tarrant, Wise, Cooke Counties, Texas, and all Texas counties lying south and east thereof to and including Terrell, Crocket, Sutton, Kimble, Gillespie, Blanco, Comal, Guadalupe, Gonzales, De Witt, Lavaca, Colorado, Wharton, and Matagorda Counties, Texas March 31 All other Texas counties and all other states April 15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ELS COTTON State and County Correct Cancellation Date New Mexico April 15 All other states March 31