# Common Crop Insurance Regulations; Basic Provisions
> **Farm Service Agency** · Final rule. · Published 1998-12-03 · Effective 1998-11-30 · 63 FR 66706
## Document
- **Document number:** 98-32156
- **Category:** farm-program
- **Sub-agency:** Farm Service Agency
- **Federal Register citation:** 63 FR 66706
- **CFR reference:** 7 CFR 457
- **Publication date:** 1998-12-03
- **Effective date:** 1998-11-30
## Abstract

The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) amends the Common Crop Insurance Policy; Basic Provisions for the purpose of: Clarifying certain provisions; adding definitions and provisions to allow enterprise and whole farm units; allowing the use of a written agreement to insure acreage that has not been planted and harvested in one of the three previous crop years; removing the requirement that a minimum amount of prevented planting acreage be contiguous before a prevented planting payment can be made; and removing the requirement that the Palmer Drought Severity Index be used to determine eligibility for a prevented planting payment in certain circumstances. The intended effect of this action is to create a policy that best meets the needs of the insured.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1998/12/03/98-32156/common-crop-insurance-regulations-basic-provisions)
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