BULLETIN NO.: MGR-98-002 TO: All Reinsured Companies All Risk Management Field Offices FROM: Kenneth D. Ackerman Administrator SUBJECT: 1998 County Crop Program Expansion BACKGROUND: The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) has expanded the number of counties where certain crops are insurable for the 1998 crop year. The following attachments, 1998 EXPANSION OF EXISTING PROGRAMS, and 1998 EXPANSION OF PILOT PROGRAMS list the 1998 crop year fall and spring crop expansion by state, county and crop for permanently-established (non-pilot) programs and pilot programs. The Risk Management Agency is continuing the policy of expanding crop insurance programs consistent with the Administration's policy of providing producers the opportunity and responsibility for managing their own risk for their farming operations. Producers who fail to purchase at least Catastrophic Risk Protection (CAT) level of insurance coverage for each crop of economic significance or fail to sign a waiver of any eligibility for emergency crop loss assistance for the crop, will not be eligible for other USDA program benefits including: 1) benefits under the Agricultural Market Transition Act (AMTA); 2) loans or any other USDA provided farm credit identified in the regulations, and; 3) benefits under the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP). ACTION: Insurance providers should advise producers of the expanded county crop programs for which the sales closing date has not passed in their counties for the 1998 crop year to allow producers the opportunity to purchase crop insurance. This can be done by contacting individual producers, producer groups, or using newsletters, magazines, newspapers, etc. Attachments 1998 EXPANSION OF EXISTING PROGRAMS STATE CROP COUNTY/COUNTIES Alabama Cotton Clarke Peaches Autauga Alaska Potatoes Fairbanks-Northstar, Southeast-Fairbanks California Apple Kings Forage Production Colusa, Mono, Sacramento, Sutter, Tehama Lemons San Luis Obispo Sweet Oranges Kern, Tulare Colorado Fresh Mkt. Delta, Mesa, Montrose Sweet Corn Sugar Beets Phillips, Sedgwick, Yuma Florida Corn Flagler Citrus Citrus Georgia Cotton Brantley, Hancock, Liberty, Long, Pike Onions Appling, Bacon, Bullock, Candler, Dodge, Emanuel, Evans, Irwin, Jeff Davis, Jenkins, Laurens, Long, Montgomery, Pierce, Screven, Seminole, Tattnall, Telfair, Tift, Toombs, Treutlen, Wayne, Wheeler, Worth Peaches Bleckley, Monroe Iowa Popcorn Carroll, Davis Kansas Popcorn Grant, Hamilton, Morton, Stanton, Stevens Page 1 of 4 1998 EXPANSION OF EXISTING PROGRAMS STATE CROP COUNTY/COUNTIES Michigan Apple Clinton Hybrid Corn Seed Tuscola Minnesota Canola Beltrami, Clearwater, Koochiching, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, East Polk, West Polk, Red Lake Green Peas Cottonwood, Pope, Stevens, Swift Potatoes Clearwater, Lake Of The Woods Sugar Beets Brown, Nicollet Sweet Corn Cottonwood, Douglas, East Ottertail, Grant, Stevens, Swift Forage Production Chippewa, Lac Qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon, Redwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine Forage Seeding Chippewa, Lac Qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon, Redwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine Mississippi Corn Scott Cotton Jones Montana Canola Chouteau, Fergus, Liberty, Pondera, Teton, Toole Nebraska Popcorn Johnson, Hamilton Sugar Beets Chase, Deuel, Keith, Perkins Sunflowers Dawson, Gosper, Phelps Page 2 of 4 1998 EXPANSION OF EXISTING PROGRAMS STATE CROP COUNTY/COUNTIES Nevada Forage Seeding Churchill, Lyon North Dakota Canola Benson, Eddy, Foster, Grand Forks, McHenry, Nelson, Pembina, Renville, Stutsman, Walsh, Ward, Wells Forage Production Slope Oklahoma Potatoes Caddo Rye Logan, Alfalfa, Blaine, Kingfisher, Major Soybeans Garfield, Kingfisher Oregon Apple Wasco Cranberries Curry Pears Wasco Sugar Beets Union South Carolina Cotton Fairfield, Newberry Texas Corn Wheeler C&P Beans Bailey, Lamb Grain Sorghum Reeves Hybrid Corn Seed Medina, Uvalde Hybrid Sorghum Briscoe, Carson, Lamb Seed Oats Blanco, Comal, Hays Page 3 of 4 1998 EXPANSION OF EXISTING PROGRAMS STATE CROP COUNTY/COUNTIES Texas Onions Cameron, Dimmit, Hidalgo, Kleberg, Maverick, Starr, Uvalde, Webb, Willacy, Zapata, Zavala Peanuts Karnes Soybeans Brazos, Carson, Goliad Sugar Beets Bailey, Floyd, Hale, Lamb, Potter Sunflowers Briscoe, Carson, Hale Wheat Colorado, Fort Bend, Jackson, Kleberg, Reeves, Refugio Page 4 of 4 1998 EXPANSION OF PILOT PROGRAMS STATE CROP COUNTY/COUNTIES Alabama Sweetpotatoes Baldwin California Avocados Ventura Sweetpotatoes Merced Colorado GRP Forage Alamosa, Bent, Conejos, Delta, Garfield, Grand, Jackson, LaPlata, Larimer, Las Animas, Logan, Mesa, Montrose, Otero, Prowers, Routt, Weld Florida Avocado/Mango Trees Dade (new policy) Georgia Pecan Revenue Dougherty, Lee, Mitchell Idaho IP Winter Wheat Idaho, Latah, Lewis, Nez Perce Louisiana Sweetpotatoes Avoyelles, Morehouse, West Carroll Minnesota GRP Forage Aitkin, Becker, Beltrami, Benton, Carlton, Carver, Cass, Clearwater, Crow Wing, Douglas, Fillmore, Goodhue, Houston, Itasca, Kandiyohi, Kittson, Lincoln, Marshall, Mille Lacs, Olmsted, East Otter Tail, West Otter Tail, Pennington, Pine, East Polk, West Polk, Pope, Roseau, St. Louis, Wabasha, Wadena, Winona Montana GRP Forage Beaverhead, Big Horn, Blaine, Broadwater, Carbon, Carter, Cascade, Chouteau, Custer, Fallon, Fergus, Flathead, Gallatin, Glacier, Granite, Jefferson, Judith Basin, Lake, Lewis and Clark, McCone, Madison, Meagher, Musselshell, Park, Phillips, Pondera, Powder River, Powell, Ravalli, Richland, Roosevelt, Rosebud, Sanders, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Teton, Valley, Wheatland, Yellowstone Page 1 of 4 1998 EXPANSION OF PILOT PROGRAMS STATE CROP COUNTY/COUNTIES Montana IP Winter Wheat Big Horn, Chouteau, Yellowstone (cont.) New Mexico Pecan Revenue Dona Ana North Carolina Sweetpotatoes Columbus, Johnston North Dakota GRP Forage Adams, Barnes, Benson, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burleigh, Dickey, Divide, Dunn, Eddy, Emmons, Grants, Hettinger, Kidder, La Moure, Logan, McHenry, McIntosh, McKenzie, McLean, Mercer, Morton, Mountrail, Oliver, Pierce, Rolette, Sheridan, Sioux, Slope, Stark, Stutsman, Ward, Wells, Williams Oklahoma GRP Forage Adair, Alfalfa, Atoka, Beckham, Bryan, Caddo, Canadian, Choctaw, Coal, Craig, Delaware, Garfield, Garvin, Grady, Haskell, Johnston, Kay, LeFlore, Lincoln, Logan, McClain, McCurtain, Mayes, Muskogee, Nowata, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Osage, Ottawa, Payne, Pittsburg, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Rogers, Sequoyah, Stephens, Wagoner, Washita Oregon Canola/Rapeseed Morrow, Union IP Winter Wheat Gilliam, Morrow, Sherman, Umatilla, Wasco Pennsylvania GRP Forage Adams, Armstrong, Bedford, Berks, Bradford, Butler, Centre, Chester, Clarion, Crawford, Cumberland, Erie, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Huntingdon, Indiana, Jefferson, Lancaster, Lycoming, Mercer, Perry, Somerset, Susquehanna, Tioga, Washington, Wayne, Westmoreland, York South Carolina Sweetpotatoes Horry Page 2 of 4 1998 EXPANSION OF PILOT PROGRAMS STATE CROP COUNTY/COUNTIES Texas IP Grain Sorghum Anderson, Andrews, Aransas, Archer, Atascosa, Austin, Bandera, Bastrop, Baylor, Bee, Bell, Bexar, Blanco, Borden, Bosque, Bowie, Brazoria, Brazos, Briscoe, Brooks, Brown, Burleson, Burnet, Caldwell, Calhoun, Callahan, Cameron, Chambers, Childress, Clay, Coke, Coleman, Collin, Collingsworth, Colorado, Comal, Comanche, Concho, Cooke, Coryell, Cottle, Crosby, Dallas, Dawson, Delta, Denton, De Witt, Dickens, Dimmit, Donley, Duval, Eastland, Ellis, Erath, Falls, Fannin, Fayette, Fisher, Floyd, Foard, Fort Bend, Franklin, Frio, Gaines, Galveston, Garza, Gillespie, Glasscock, Goliad, Gonzales, Grayson, Guadalupe, Hall, Hamilton, Hardeman, Harris, Haskell, Hays, Hemphill, Hidalgo, Hill, Hood, Houston, Howard, Hunt, Irion, Jack, Jackson, Jefferson, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Johnson, Jones, Karnes, Kaufman, Kent, Kerr, Kimble, King, Kleberg, Knox, Lamar, Lampasas, LaSalle, Lavaca, Lee, Leon, Liberty, Limestone, Lipscomb, Live Oak, Lubbock, Lynn, McCulloch, McLennan, McMullen, Martin, Mason, Matagorda, Maverick, Medina, Midland, Milam, Mills, Mitchell, Montague, Morris, Motley, Navarro, Nolan, Nueces, Palo Pinto, Parker, Reagan, Red River, Refugio, Roberts, Robertson, Rockwall, San Patricio, San Saba, Schleicher, Scurry, Shackelford, Starr, Stephens, Sterling, Stonewall, Tarrant, Taylor, Throckmorton, Titus, Tom Green, Travis, Upton, Uvalde, Page 3 of 4 1998 EXPANSION OF PILOT PROGRAMS STATE CROP COUNTY/COUNTIES Texas (cont.) IP Grain Sorghum Victoria, Waller, Washington, Webb, (cont.) Wharton, Wheeler, Wichita, Wilbarger, Willacy, Williamson, Wilson, Wise, Young, Zapata, Zavala Pecan Revenue Culberson, El Paso, Pecos Washington Canola/Rapeseed Columbia, Whitman (added fall canola) Wyoming GRP Forage Albany, Campbell, Carbon, Converse, Crook, Fremont, Goshen, Laramie, Natrona, Niobrara, Park, Sheridan, Uinta, Weston Page 4 of 4