Apiculture Archive

2018

Rainfall Index

• Farm Bill Amendment (18-RIVI-Farm Bill) modifies the Rainfall and Vegetation Index Plan of Insurance Basic Provisions for the 2018 and succeeding crop years.

2016

Vegetation Index

• Basic Provisions (PDF)
• Policy Provisions (PDF)
• Insurance Standards Handbook (PDF) (Aug 2015)
• Grid ID Locator, Decision Support Tool, Historical Indices

2015

Rainfall Index

• *Ineligibility Amendment (15-Ineligibility)
• *Farm Bill Amendment (15-RIVI-Farm Bill)

*Ineligibility Amendment (15-Ineligibility) modifies the Rainfall and Vegetation Index Plan of Insurance Basic Provisions for the 2015 and succeeding crop years.

*Farm Bill Amendment (15-RIVI-Farm Bill) modifies the Rainfall and Vegetation Index Plan of Insurance Basic Provisions for the 2015 and succeeding crop years.

Vegetation Index

• County Availability (PDF): Map | Text
• Downloadable Interactive PRF Spreadsheet - Total Loss Factor: XLS | PDF
• *Ineligibility Amendment (15-Ineligibility)
• *Farm Bill Amendment (15-RIVI-Farm Bill)

*Ineligibility Amendment (15-Ineligibility) modifies the Rainfall and Vegetation Index Plan of Insurance Basic Provisions for the 2015 and succeeding crop years.

*Farm Bill Amendment (15-RIVI-Farm Bill) modifies the Rainfall and Vegetation Index Plan of Insurance Basic Provisions for the 2015 and succeeding crop years.

2013

Rainfall Index

• Basic Provisions (PDF) *See mandatory Ineligibility Amendment, Farm Bill Amendment, and footnotes.
• County Availability (PDF): Map | Text
• Policy Provisions (PDF)
• Insurance Standards Handbook (PDF) (Revised Apr 2013)
• Insurance Standards Handbook (PDF)
• County Availability (PDF): Map | Text

Vegetation Index

• Basic Provisions (PDF) *See mandatory Ineligibility Amendment, Farm Bill Amendment, and footnotes.
• Policy Provisions (PDF)
• Insurance Standards Handbook (PDF) (Revised Apr 2013)
• Insurance Standards Handbook (PDF)

2012

Rainfall Index

• Apiculture Fact Sheet (PDF)
• County Availability (PDF): Map | Text
• Basic Provisions (PDF)
• Policy Provisions (PDF)
• Insurance Standards Handbook (PDF)
• Grid ID Locator, Decision Support Tool, Historical Indices
• RI and VI Reports (requires Grid ID from above)

Vegetation Index

• Apiculture Fact Sheet (PDF)
• County Availability (PDF): Map | Text
• Basic Provisions (PDF)
• Policy Provisions (PDF)
• Insurance Standards Handbook (PDF)
• Grid ID Locator, Decision Support Tool, Historical Indices
• RI and VI Reports (requires Grid ID from above)

Note: The Grid ID numbers have changed for the 2011 crop year.

2011

Rainfall Index

• County Availability (PDF): Map | Text
• Basic Provisions (PDF)
• Policy Provisions (PDF)
• Insurance Standards Handbook (PDF)
• Grid ID Locator, Decision Support Tool, Historical Indices
• RI and VI Reports (requires Grid ID from above)

Vegetation Index

• County Availability (PDF): Map | Text
• Basic Provisions (PDF)
• Policy Provisions (PDF)
• Insurance Standards Handbook (PDF)
• Grid ID Locator, Decision Support Tool, Historical Indices
• RI and VI Reports (requires Grid ID from above)

2010

Rainfall Index

• County Availability (PDF): Map | Text
• Basic Provisions (PDF)
• Policy Provisions (PDF)
• Insurance Standards Handbook (PDF)
• Grid ID Locator, Decision Support Tool, Historical Indices
• RI and VI Reports (requires Grid ID from above)

Vegetation Index

• County Availability (PDF): Map | Text
• Basic Provisions (PDF)
• Policy Provisions (PDF)
• Insurance Standards Handbook (PDF)
• Grid ID Locator, Decision Support Tool, Historical Indices
• RI and VI Reports (requires Grid ID from above)

2009

Rainfall Index

• County Availability (PDF): Map | Text
• Basic Provisions (PDF)
• Policy Provisions (PDF)
• Insurance Standards Handbook (PDF)
• Grid ID Locator: Interactive Map
• Grid ID Locator: Latitude/Longitude Lookup
• RI and VI Reports (requires Grid ID from above)

Vegetation Index

• County Availability (PDF): Map | Text
• Basic Provisions (PDF)
• Policy Provisions (PDF)
• Insurance Standards Handbook (PDF)
• Grid ID Locator: Interactive Map
• Grid ID Locator: Latitude/Longitude Lookup
• RI and VI Reports (requires Grid ID from above)

Vegetation Index (VI) - is based on the U.S. Geological Survey's Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) data derived from satellites observing long-term changes in greenness of vegetation of the earth since 1989.

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