Can I collect a disaster payment in addition to the crop insurance for the crop?
Yes, you may receive assistance from more than one source. However, the sum of (1) the value of the crop harvested; (2) the disaster payment; and (3) the net crop-insurance indemnity can not exceed 95 percent of what the crops value would have been if there had been no loss. This rule only applies to producers who have received a crop insurance indemnity because non-insured producers could not exceed the 95 percent rule Q: Will prevented planting be covered? A: Yes. Prevented planting will be covered providing the producer has a past history of planting the crop and adverse weather conditions prohibited the producer from timely planting. Q: How will my expected yield be determined? A: The expected yield is defined as the higher of: (1) the producers actual production history (APH) yield (an historical average of a producers yield); or (2) a county average yield. The county average yield is determined by the FSA State office, averaging NASS data from 1996 through 2000, after dropping th
