STEVE RUTLEDGE ADDRESSES SENATE, CROP INSURANCE NO. 1 PRIORITY IN NEW FARM BILL
Both Secretary Vilsack and Rutledge, chairman of Farmers Mutual Hail Insurance Company of Iowa, have urged both houses of Congress to avoid further budget cuts to the crop insurance program.

RMA MEMORANDUM: PM-12-009: 2012 CROP YEAR COMMON CROP INSURANCE POLICY PROJECTED PRICES AND VOLATILITY FACTORS
2012 Crop Year Common Crop Insurance Policy Projected Prices and Volatility Factors and Group Risk Income Protection Expected Prices and Volatility Factors and Hybrid Seed Price Endorsement Hybrid Seed Corn Price and Malting Barley Additional Value Prices.

RMA MEMORANDUM: PM-11-046.1: TREND-ADJUSTED ACTUAL PRODUCTION HISTORY
RMA issued PM-11-046 that released Trend-Adjusted APH procedures. Since its issuance, questions have arisen regarding yield limitations when a crop’s practice/type is not eligible for trend adjustment, and situations in which the Trend-Adjusted APH yield may be lower than what the approved APH yield would have been without the trend adjustment. This memo provides clarifications along with the attached questions and answers, apply to the Trend-Adjusted APH procedures.

2012 CROP INSURANCE HANDBOOK (CIH) WITH SUMMARY OF CHANGES
Underwriting and Actual Production History (APH) Standards for FCIC Programs Administered under the Common Crop Insurance Policy Basic Provisions and APH Administrative Regulations. And changes to the 2012 FCIC 18010 Crop Insurance Handbook that have the most significant impact.