Release Notes 11.035.0

Policy Estimator: It was discovered that Enterprise Unit by Cropping Practice (EC) premium lines were not rating correctly in the Policy Estimator. This has been corrected.

The Private Product Premium Agency Report has been updated and redesigned to include additional information.

A new combo form, MPCI Application / Cancel / Transfer / Acreage Report / PAW / Policy Change Combination Form, for Perennial Crops (Fruit with the DO (50) Plan and Trees with the TDO (40) Plan) that does not include the Production Reporting section has been implemented in the System for all Crop Years. This new form is very similar as the Perennial Combo Form minus the Production Reporting pieces.

The APH Analysis Worksheet was originally intended to be a tool used by agents at the Sale Closing Date (SCD) to determine which options the grower should elect by the SCD deadline, and it was redesigned with TFS #119232 in the 11.030 Release. With this ticket, the following items (found during testing TFS #119232) were fixed for this form for all years:

RMA released Fresh Market Bean Crop Provisions for the 2022 and succeeding Crop Years (CYs). The Fresh Market Bean Crop Provisions effective for the 2022 CY have been implemented in the System.

APH: With this ticket, for the 2022+ RYs, a new suspension was added to the Mark Complete logic to indicate to users that Reference Years are different across coverages. The purpose of this suspension is to address a gap where the Reference Years field is determined before saving the APH for some scenarios and after saving for other scenarios. Now, with the new suspension, users will be informed they need to go into a coverage’s APH and save the APH to update the coverage with the correct Reference Years. All other Save APH and Mark Complete logic will stay static. There are several other special rules in the System today for certain plans and commodities.

NOTE: ARPI, STAX, Margin Protection, Category C, Perennial, and Strawberry PRH coverages are excluded when determining number of Reference Years.

Perennials: In TFS #114544, the System was updated with the PAW questions in the user interface for FL Fruit Trees (including Avocados), TX Citrus Tree, and Mac Trees. After further review, it was found that the PAW questions did not belong in the PAW page as was initially thought. The System has been updated for the 2022+ RYs to remove the Standard Crop Insurance Handbook PAW questions from the PAW page for FL Fruit Trees (including Avocado Trees), TX Citrus Trees, and Mac Trees.

Perennials: An issue was reported for Table Grapes where the High Variability test was incorrectly calculated on the Yield Variability Tests page. It was found that the System was using the YA adjusted yields instead of the actual yields for the Downward Trend Yield Trend Exceptions. Because of this, the System incorrectly determined that Downward Trend adjustments were not applicable when they actually were. The Davis RO exceptions include a section of tests for: "The two most recent crop years actual yields in the APH database are less than 75% of the Average APH Yield". This is the place in the tests that were impacted because the System was using the adjusted yields (with YA) instead of the actual yields.

After further review during development, it was found that this incorrect logic has always been in place and the System has always used the adjusted yields instead of the actual yields in the Davis RO UG Downward Trend testing.

The System has been updated to correct the 2022+ RYs calculations to remove Table Grapes from the most recent year exclusion for the 2022 Davis RO UG exclusions in the Downward Trending Calculations. The System was also updated for all Reinsurance Years to correct the use of the actual yield in the 1st step of the Davis RO UG for Downward Trending calculations.

Perennials: A bug was reported where a user elected an APH Override of "RSO Determined Yield - App'd Yield" but was unable to select the correct Special Use Case Code of "D". The selection was not available in the Special Use Case dropdown as expected. The System was updated and the Special Case Code dropdown within the Legacy APH page now displays all records without any restrictions regardless of the APH Override Reason.

WFRP: A bug has been found within the Commodities tab for WFRP where Multiple Commodity Lines are being populated when an additional commodity is selected. A fix has been implemented to have only one additional blank Commodity Line be populated once a Commodity Name is elected in the first empty Commodity Line.

WFRP: For 2022+ RYs, the RMA has introduced a new pilot program: WFRP Micro Farm (9110). On the 11/22 PASS Status Report, RMA has indicated that the 11/30 had a refile on the Subsidy Percent ADM table. Commodity Codes are now being introduced to that table for Plan 76. WFRP is 0076 and Micro Farms is 9110. The Plan 76 rating logic does not currently take into consideration commodity codes when determining the Subsidy % on the Total Qualifying Commodity Count. With this ticket, the Plan 76 rating logic is being updated to look for the correct data when determining Subsidy Percentages.

Enterprise Units: It was discovered that Enterprise Unit by Cropping Practice (EC) premium lines were not rating correctly. For 2022 RY+, Enterprise Unit variations (EI, EC, and ET) are all Crop Option codes within the structure of the ADMs instead of by Unit Structure. This ticket corrected the EC rating logic to look for the correct rating.

NOTE: All other EU variations are rating correctly at this time. This is just for Enterprise Units by Cropping Practice (EC).

PTY: An AIP reported receiving P15 errors due to the PY option missing from the P15 record when PTY applies. This issue was researched and a bug was found to have been introduced during the recent refactoring efforts. This bug was causing the System to not consistently apply PY to the APH or Detail Line. This in turn was causing the option not to be included on the P11 and P15 records. With this ticket, the PTY functionality has been updated to always apply the PY option if PTY applies.