General Crop Insurance Regulations, Various Endorsements; Fresh Market Tomato (Guaranteed Production Plan) Crop Insurance Regulations; and Common Crop Insurance Regulations, Various Crop Insurance Provisions

The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) amends the General Crop Insurance Regulations; Canning and Processing Tomato and Rice Endorsements; Fresh Market Tomato (Guaranteed Production Plan) Crop Insurance Regulations; and the Common Crop Insurance Regulations, Cotton, Coarse Grains (Corn, Grain Sorghum, and Soybeans), Dry Bean, ELS Cotton, Sugar Beet, and Sunflower Seed Crop Insurance Provisions, effective for the 1998 crop year only, for counties and states with a November 30 contract change date. FCIC is extending the contract change date to December 17, 1997. The intended effect of this rule is to extend the contract change date, which is the date by which all contract changes must be on file in the service office, in order to provide sufficient time for FCIC to publish a final rule amending the policy for insuring the above crops.