APH Exclusion

APH Exclusion

David Sparks Ph.D.
David Sparks Ph.D.
As is often the case and as it involves crop insurance which is important to almost every farmer that I know, I got a press release from Jo Lynne Seufer who is a Risk Management Specialist with the USDA/Risk Management Agency at the Spokane Regional Office. It started off with the words APH Yield Exclusion Available for Pacific Northwest Farmers Spring Planted Barley Eligible for New Farm Safety Net Option. Well, I had to clarify all that language so I called Jo Lynne: "A provision of the 2014 Farm Bill, APH Yield Exclusion can provide relief to farmers affected by severe weather, including drought. The decision to elect the yield exclusion must be made before the sales closing date for crop insurance coverage on their 2015 crops."

 

USDA's Risk Management Agency (RMA), reminds farmers in Idaho, Oregon, Colorado and Washington of the deadline to elect the Actual Production History (APH) Yield Exclusion option for 2015 spring planted barley. The final date for spring barley (a spring-seeded crop) is March 16.

 

APH Yield Exclusion allows eligible farmers affected by severe weather to receive a higher approved yield on their insurance policies through the federal crop insurance program. Yields can be excluded from farm actual production history when the actuarial documents provide that the county average yield for that crop year is at least 50 percent below the 10 previous consecutive crop years' average yield. Additional information about APH Yield Exclusion and maps for eligible commodities is located on RMA's Farm Bill website

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