What's New Archive - October 2008

• State/County/Crop Summary of Business Data File and Record Layout for 1980-2008
• Final Agency Determination-94
• Program announcement: November 20 Sales Closing Date Nears

• 2009 Approved Web Appendix III (M-13)
• 2008 Approved Web Appendix III (M-13)
• 2007 Approved Web Appendix III (M-13)
• 2006 Approved Web Appendix III (M-13)
• Raleigh, NC Regional Office: 2009 Crop Fact Sheets

• Puerto Rico Summary of Business Reports and Data
• MGR-08-013.1 - Tolerance for Documentation to Support the Nursery Plant Inventory Value Report, Nursery Peak Inventory Value Report, and Pilot Nursery Growers Price Endorsement Upgraded Plant Report
• Raleigh, NC Regional Office: 2009 Vinifera Grape Written Agreement Guidelines
• Raleigh, NC Regional Office: Request for RMA Regional Office Determined Yields for the 2009 Crop Year
• RMA job opportunities

• Billings, MT Regional Office: 2009 Crop Fact Sheets
• 2009 Hawaii Tropical Tree Pilot Crop Endorsement republished to include the program number (07-265A); this is not a new policy

• RO-Bulletin 08-041 - Reporting Organization Server Release Actuarial Information
• 2009 GIS Actuarial Shapefile Update
• Press release: USDA Awards $8.78 Million in Risk Management Partnership Agreements
• Commodity Small Sessions
• Outreach
• Targeted States
• RMA job opportunities
• Weekly Summary of Business Reports

• Oklahoma City, OK Regional Office: 2009 Crop Fact Sheets
• Spokane, WA Regional Office: 2009 Crop Coverage by County
• Valdosta, GA Regional Office: 2009 Crop Fact Sheets

• RO-Bulletin 08-040 - Reporting Organization Server Release Actuarial Information
• 2009 Approved Web Appendix III (M-13)
• 2009 Draft Web Appendix III (M-13)
• Final Agency Determination-93

• RMA contracting opportunities
• 2009 Summary of Business update

• PM-08-057 - Enterprise and Whole Farm Unit Subsidy Changes
• RMA job opportunities

• RO-Bulletin 08-039 - Reporting Organization Server Release Actuarial Information
• RMA job opportunities
• Weekly Summary of Business Reports

• RO-Bulletin 08-038 - Reporting Organization Server Release Actuarial Information
• 2008 Draft Web Appendix III (M-13)
• PM-08-056 - Addendum to the 2009 Crop Year Actuarial Documents (Special Provisions)

• Oct 6, 2008 Indemnity Map and County-Level Table
• Program announcement: New Apiculture Pilot Program Available in 21 States

• 2009 Prune Loss Adjustment Standards Handbook - including Slipsheets
• 2009 Prune Loss Adjustment Standards Handbook - Slipsheets Only
• Final Agency Determination-92
• Final Agency Determination-91
• Weekly Summary of Business Reports

• PM-08-055 - Silage Sorghum Pilot Program Policy Materials
• 2009 Silage Sorghum Pilot Underwriting Guide
• Summary Of Changes, Silage Sorghum Pilot Endorsement
• Oklahoma City, OK Regional Office: 2009 Crop Fact Sheets
• 2009 Draft Web Appendix III (M-13)
• Billings, MT Regional Office: 2009 Crop Fact Sheets
• RMA job opportunities

• 2009 Summary of Changes, Dry Pea Crop Provisions, reposted to correct technical errors
• St Paul, MN Regional Office: 2009 Crop Fact Sheets
• Valdosta, GA Regional Office: 2009 Crop Fact Sheets
• Billings, MT Regional Office: 2009 Crop Fact Sheets
• RMA job opportunities

• PM-08-054 - Vegetation Index (VI) and Rainfall Index (RI) Insurance Standards Handbooks – Determining Grid ID and Use of the Website
  Reposted to correct minor errors and to add exhibits to the handbooks:
• RI and VI Basic Provisions
• Apiculture Policy Provisions and Insurance Standards Handbook
• Pasture, Rangeland, Forage Policy Provisions and Insurance Standards Handbook
• Contracting opportunity: Development and Recommendation of a Grain Sorghum Pricing Methodology – Institutions of Higher Learning - deadline extended
• Weekly Summary of Business Reports

• 2008 Pilot Biotech Yield Endorsement Insurance Standards Handbook reposted - revised to remove the Yield Descriptor Requirement in accordance with Informational Memorandum PM-08-049
• Updated ARH-Cherry Underwriting Guide for the 2009 and Succeeding Crop Years - reissued to provide additional information regarding acceptable records to determine optional units
• Puerto Rico Summary of Business Reports and Data
• Billings, MT Regional Office: 2009 Crop Fact Sheets
• 2009 California Mint Fact Sheet, reposted to correct technical errors

• RO-Bulletin 08-037 - Reporting Organization Server Release Actuarial Information
• Valdosta, GA Regional Office: 2009 Crop Fact Sheets
• 2009 Draft Web Appendix III (M-13)
• 2008 Draft Web Appendix III (M-13)
• PM-08-053 - 2009 Crop Year Additional Price Election for Durum Wheat in Arizona and California
• PM-08-052 - Addendum to the 2008 Crop Year Actuarial Documents (Special Provisions) – (Crop Revenue Coverage) Harvest Price for Cotton; (Group Risk Income Protection) Harvest Price for Cotton; and (Revenue Assurance) Fall Harvest Price for Canola
• PM-08-051 - 2008 Crop Year Pasture, Rangeland, Forage- Rainfall Index Interval III Final Grid Indices
• Topeka, KS Regional Office: 2008 Crop Fact Sheets
• RMA job opportunities

• Revised FCIC board list