The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced it’s made changes to crop insurance for sugar beets in 2020.
The Risk Management Agency made changes that will start in 2020 for some policies and 2021 for others.
The agency says the changes will better protect sugar beet producers who may get a bumper crop in future years, as well as provide other flexibilities.
“We continually listen to producers and stakeholders in developing our crop insurance policies,” says RMA Administrator Martin Barbre. “We also make adjustments to the policies when necessary to better support sugar beet producers and ensure the early harvest adjustment more accurately matches their current year production.”
Key changes include revising the maximum early harvest adjustment to better reflect a unit’s production capabilities, especially in the case of a bumper crop.
They’re also adding procedures to allow third-party testing of sugar beets for raw sugar content.
Changes are further outlined in a final rule, now available at regulations.gov.
Interested parties can comment on the final rule for 60 days.