INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM: R&D-95-026

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

FROM:    Tim B. Witt
         Acting Director
         Research and Development Division

SUBJECT: Sugarcane Crop Provisions for the 1996 Crop Year


Attached are policy provisions for insuring sugarcane for the 1996 crop year 
under the Common Crop Insurance Policy.  Please update your listing of current 
crop policy documents accordingly.  The following are brief descriptions of 
significant changes made in the crop provisions.  Please refer to the policy 
for more complete information.

1.  Provisions have been added in subsection 3.(b) to clarify that there is a 
    one year lag period for production reporting purposes.

2.  Provisions have been added in paragraph 10.(a)(2) that require the use of 
    the approved yield as production to count for acreage harvested for seed 
    without proper notice being given to the insurer.

3.  Provisions have been added in paragraph 11.(c)(2) to clarify that final 
    sugar extraction records will be used rather than preliminary mill 
    estimates when completing a final claim.

Any questions or requests for a WordPerfect formatted diskette containing the 
Sugarcane Crop Provisions should be directed to the Product Development 
Branch at (816) 926-7730.

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