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United States Department of A Risk Management Agency Fact Sheet 2017 Crop Year Agriculture Raleigh Regional Office — Raleigh, NC

Revised November 2016 Pennsylvania Crop Insured Important Dates varieties grown for or juice are insurable Sales Closing Date ………...…. November 20, 2016 if the vines have: Acreage/Production Report Date ... January 15, 2017  Reached the fourth growing season after being set Premium Billing Date ……………. August 15, 2017 out for all native and hybrid varieties; and  Produced an average of 2 tons per acre in at least Duties in the Event of Damage or Loss 1 of the 3 most recent crop years. Notice of Loss - If a loss occurs notify your crop insurance agent: Counties Available  Within 72 hours of initial discovery of damage; Grapes are insurable in Erie and Lancaster counties.  If you previously gave notice of crop damage, Grapes in other counties, including Vinifera grapes, you must also provide notice at least 15 days may be insurable by written agreement if specific before the beginning of to claim an criteria are met. Contact a crop insurance agent for indemnity; or more details.  At least 3 days before the date harvest should have started if the crop will not be harvested. Causes of Loss You are protected against the following: Coverage Levels and Premium Subsidies  Adverse weather conditions, including hail, frost, Coverage levels range from 50 to 85 percent of your freeze, wind, drought, and excess precipitation; average yield (5-percent increments) and are subsidized as shown in the table below.  Failure of irrigation water supply, if caused by an insured peril during the insurance period; Item Percent  Fire caused by an insured peril during the Coverage Level 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 insurance period; Premium  Insect damage and plant disease, except for Subsidy 67 64 64 59 59 55 48 38 insufficient or improper application of control Your measures; or Premium Share 33 36 36 41 41 45 52 62  Wildlife. Catastrophic Risk Protection (CAT) coverage is fixed Insurance Period at 50 percent of your average yield and 55 percent of Coverage begins on November 21, 2016, and ends the price election. The cost for CAT coverage is an with the earliest occurrence of one of the following: administrative fee of $300.  Total destruction of the crop; Price Elections  Harvest of the crop; Coverage levels and price election percentages vary  Final adjustment of a claim; by grape type. The price used to determine your  Abandonment of the crop; or indemnity on unharvested acreage is the price election  November 20, 2017. minus the harvest cost ($35/ton). For price elections see your state’s actuarial documents at webapp.rma.usda.gov/apps/actuarialinformation browser2017/crop criteria.aspx. This fact sheet gives only a general overview of the crop insurance program and is not a complete policy. For further information and an evaluation of your risk management needs, contact a crop insurance agent. Insurable Varieties Where to Buy Crop Insurance The native insurable varieties are , Concord, All multi-peril crop insurance, including CAT , Elvira, Dutchess, , Diamond, policies, are available from private crop insurance Delaware, Ives, Golden Muscat, Labrusca, and all agents. A list of crop insurance agents is available at other natives. The hybrid insurable varieties are all USDA service centers and on the RMA website at , , , Geneva Red 7, www.rma.usda.gov/tools/agent.html. Dechaunac, Rosette, , , , Cayuga, White, , Vincent, , Contact Us , Leon Millot, , , USDA/RMA Castel, Colobel, Rougeon, Villard Blanc, Melody, Raleigh Regional Office , , St Vincent, , Corot 4405 Bland Road, Suite 160 Noir, , and all other hybrids. Raleigh, NC 27609 Phone: (919) 875-4880 Additional Coverage Options Fax: (919) 875-4915 Supplemental Coverage Option (SCO) Email: [email protected] SCO is available for grapes. If elected, SCO provides additional coverage for a portion of your underlying crop insurance policy deductible. A map of SCO Download Copies from the Web Visit our online publications/fact sheets page at availability can be accessed through the Map Viewer www.rma.usda.gov/aboutrma/fields/nc_rso/. tool on the RMA website at prodwebnlb.rma.usda.gov/apps/MapViewer/ index.html. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national Yield Exclusion (YE) origin, age, disability, and where applicable, sex, marital status, familial status, parental status, religion, sexual orientation, genetic Actual Production History YE is available for grapes information, political beliefs, reprisal, or because all or a part of an in Erie County only. YE allows you to exclude yields individual’s income is derived from any public assistance program. in exceptionally bad years from your production (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.) Persons with disa- bilities who require alternative means for communication of pro- history when calculating yields used to establish crop gram information (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should con- insurance coverage. tact USDA’s TARGET Center at 202-720-2600 (voice and TDD).

To file a complaint of discrimination, complete, sign and mail a Loss Example program discrimination complaint form, (available at any USDA Assume Concord variety with an approved yield of 6 office location or online at www.ascr.usda.gov), to: United States Department of Agriculture; Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil tons per acre, 65-percent coverage level, 100-percent Rights; 1400 Independence Ave., SW; Washington, DC 20250- share, and a one-acre basic unit. 9410. Or call toll free at (866) 632-9992 (voice) to obtain additional information, the appropriate office or to request documents. Individ- uals who are deaf, hard of hearing, or have speech disabilities may 6 Approved yield per acre contact USDA through the Federal Relay service at (800) 877-8339 x 0.65 Coverage level or (800) 845-6136. 3.9 Acre guarantee – 1.0 Production-to-count 2.9 Loss per acre x $265 Price election (Concords) $769 Indemnity/acre