Common Crop Insurance Regulations; Malting Barley Price and Quality Endorsement Crop Insurance Provisions

The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (``FCIC'') hereby issues additional regulations for provisions to insure malting barley. This action will add a second endorsement, the Malting Barley Price and Quality Endorsement, under which malting barley may be insured. The current malting barley endorsement will remain in effect for the 1996 crop only and, effective with the 1997 crop year, will be replaced by the new Malting Barley Price and Quality Endorsement. The intended effect of this rule is to improve the insurance coverage now available for producers who grow malting barley under contract and provide a new option that will allow producers without contracts (open market producers) to obtain insurance for their malting barley.