7 CFR 407.15 – Area risk protection insurance for grain sorghum
The grain sorghum crop insurance provisions for Area Risk Protection Insurance for the 2014 and succeeding crop years are as follows:
Harvest. Combining or threshing the sorghum for grain or cutting for hay, silage, or fodder.
Planted acreage. In addition to the definition contained in the Area Risk Protection Insurance Basic Provisions, sorghum seed broadcast and subsequently mechanically incorporated will not be considered planted.
(a) The insured crop will be all sorghum excluding hybrid sorghum seed:
(1) Grown on insurable acreage in the county listed on the accepted application;
(2) Properly planted by the final planting date and reported on or before the acreage reporting date;
(3) Planted with the intent to be harvested; and
(4) Not planted into an established grass or legume or interplanted with another crop.
(b) Other sorghum including hybrid sorghum seed may be insurable under this policy if specified in the Special Provisions:
(1) The insurability requirements in 2(a) apply to these other sorghum and additional requirements for insurability may be stated for these crops in the Special Provisions; and
(2) This other sorghum will be insured using the yields, rates, and prices for sorghum unless otherwise specified in the actuarial documents.
(a) Unless otherwise specified in the Special Provisions the final county revenues and final county yields will be determined prior to April 16 following the crop year.
(b) If an indemnity is due, unless otherwise specified in the Special Provisions we will issue any payment to you prior to May 16 following the crop year and following the determination of the final county revenue or the final county yield, as applicable.
| State and county | Cancellation and termination dates | Contract change date |
|---|---|---|
| Val Verde, Edwards, Kerr, Kendall, Bexar, Wilson, Karnes, Goliad, Victoria, and Jackson Counties, Texas, and all Texas counties lying south thereof | January 31 | November 30. |
| El Paso, Hudspeth, Culberson, Reeves, Loving, Winkler, Ector, Upton, Reagan, Sterling, Coke, Tom Green, Concho, McCulloch, San Saba, Mills, Hamilton, Bosque, Johnson, Tarrant, Wise, and Cooke Counties, Texas, and all Texas counties south and east thereof to and including Terrell, Crockett, Sutton, Kimble, Gillespie, Blanco, Comal, Guadalupe, Gonzales, De Witt, Lavaca, Colorado, Wharton, and Matagorda Counties, Texas | February 15 | November 30. |
| Alabama; Arizona; Arkansas; California; Florida; Georgia; Louisiana; Mississippi; Nevada; North Carolina; and South Carolina | February 28 | November 30. |
| All other Texas counties and all other states | March 15 | November 30. |