This change incorporates and standardizes procedures utilized in the fresh market vegetable crops. This change will allow expansion of pepper crop insurance coverage into other areas. This change will allow the flexibility to set the amount at appropriate levels. This provision includes the use of the catastrophic risk protection price election equivalent to determine the total dollar of production to count for indemnity purposes. Production to count for such acreage will be determined using the harvested production if the crop is harvested, or our reappraisal if the crop is not harvested.
Current regulations allow the value of sold production to be as low as zero.
Also, clarifies that harvested mature bell peppers that are damaged or defective due to insurable causes and are not marketable will not be counted as production. These changes are made to assure that the minimum value specified in the Special Provisions will be the lowest value considered for any marketable harvested production unless the insured selected the minimum value option. FCIC has a long standing policy of permitting certain modifications of the insurance contract by written agreement for some policies. This amendment allows FCIC to tailor the policy to a specific insured in certain instances. The new section will cover the procedures for and duration of written agreements.