[mfgamembers] Apple Crop Insurance Plan Information Collection Listening Sessions

[Joanne Dinardo]

Here are additional documents that explain the issues regarding the Fresh
Fruit option for Insurance.

*What We Know About this Meeting is Directly From the Meeting Announcement:*

“The aim is to get feedback on how the program is working and how it can be
improved.  A central focus of the research is *experience with and
alternatives to the Fresh Fruit Quality Option*, but Agralytica is also
charged with *reviewing current production and marketing practices in New
England* *and identifying other issues that growers face with the current
apple program.*  *This is an opportunity for producers, insurance staff and
agents alike to communicate concerns and possible improvements for
consideration in the development of future apple crop insurance policy.”*

* The Fresh Fruit Quality Option is a critical piece of the Apple Policy in
New England.  The Basic Policy calculates losses on the percentage of fresh
or processing apple production that fails to grade U.S. No.1 Processing or
better. The Quality Option calculates losses on Fresh Apple production that
fails to grade U.S. Fancy or better.  The Fresh Apple Quality Option
adjusts Fresh Production losses on a sliding scale from 20% to 65%.  When
65% of the total production fails to grade U.S. Fancy a total loss is paid.
*


*New England is primarily a Fresh Market region and the dollar value of our
Fresh Market Apples is higher than most markets in the U.S.  Changes to the
Fresh Quality Option could have a major impact on the benefits of the Apple
Policy.  *

* See attached memos for additional details. *


Joanne M DiNardo
President - MFGA
Tel: 978-870-5555
(I have jury duty - so I will not be able to attend)

Friday March 30, 2018

Hillsborough County

New Hampshire

UNH Cooperative Extension -

Hillsborough County

329 Mast Road

Goffstown, NH 03045

Tel: 603-641-6060

Time: 10:00 am -12:00 pm

On Fri, Mar 9, 2018 at 3:10 PM, Jon Clements <jmcextman at gmail.com> wrote:

> Apple Crop Insurance Plan Information Collection Listening Sessions for
> Growers, Insurance Co. Staff & Agents
>
> Please see attached. I hope several of you from Massachusetts can make it.
> I am tentatively planning on going to the one in NH if anyone wants to
> carpool.
>
> Jon
>
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