Release Notes 16.000.0

These release notes provide brief descriptions of changes included in eHarvest 16.000.0.

System Updates

Forms & Reports

DESCRIPTION ID #

Livestock: A QR Code was added to the Livestock Assignment of Indemnity (AOI) form. This code displays in the bottom-right corner of the footer above the page numbers on all pages. The QR Code will only print on the Insured and Agency report styles when the form is printed pre-filled and pre-headed.

149358

Livestock: Updates were made to the Livestock Risk Protection (LRP) and Dairy Revenue Protection (DRP) applications for all years.

The changes that were made consisted of the following:

A QR Code was added to the bottom right of the LRP application.
In the Change section, we fixed an issue where some items were getting skewed when DocuSign was not turned on in the environment.
In the Conditions for Acceptance Section, we fixed the "Yes" and "No" checkboxes that were skewed when DocuSign was not turned on in the environment.
In the Grant Authority Statement, the Grantee label was fixed to print when the statement is turned on for the AIP.

149316

Livestock: We have cleaned up items on the Livestock Gross Margin (LGM) Schedule of Insurance (SOI) for all Types (Cattle, Dairy Cattle, & Swine) for all years.

Changes made:

A QR Code was added to the form.
The SBI Section will print after the Premium Summary (same as the DRP SOI). The SBI Section includes:
Title for Section.
SBI Table - Name column.
SBI Table - Complete Address column.
SBI Table - Telephone Number column.
SBI Table - ID Type and Number column.
SBI Table - Person Type.
In the SBI Section, when a TOR/TOC SBI is linked to the Detail Line, "TOC Effective Date: " followed by the TOR Effective Date will all print below the Person Type. Format example: TOC Effective: 11/30/2022
The version date was updated to "08-2023".
For the LGM Swine and Cattle SOIs only, a single detail line will print per page.

147096

We updated the Hurricane Insurance Protection - Wind Index (HIP-WI) Application for the 2024 and succeeding Crop Years.

Changes that were made:

The version date was updated to "08-2023" and is after the section title.
"TS" now prints as an option when applicable for the coverage.
Item number four in the Terms and Conditions was added.

146367

Corn, Soybeans, and Wheat were updated and made available from RMA on July 27. The Special Provisions for 2024 have been implemented in the System.

150933

FUR: The Forage Underwriting Report (FUR) has been updated in the following ways for all years:

Duplex Print was added as a print option.
Spouse Name and TIN labels and fields were moved to display where the Signature Authorization label and field were previously. The Signature Authorization label and field were moved to where the Spouse was previously.
Logic was added to the form to only print the Native Sod Statement for the states where it is required (i.e., Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota). On blank and pre-headed with Agency Only report styles, the Statement will always print because it's unknown where the Policy State is.
The following Direct Marketing Statement was added to the to the Statement Page:

I acknowledge that I must notify my agent if I intend to direct market any portion of the crop or if my production records are not from a disinterested third party.

(a) This notification to my agent must be made by the Acreage Reporting Date, or if my marketing plans change after the Acreage Reporting Date, no later than 15 days prior to harvest.

(b) The notification may either be in person or by telephone and must be certified in writing on the Marketing Certification within 15 days of notification.

(c) If I fail to timely provide the required certification and do not have acceptable production records, it may result in assigned yields in accordance with section 3(g) of the Common Crop Insurance Policy Basic Provisions (7 CFR § 457.8).

The revision date was updated to "08-2023".

131868

We implemented items found in the 2024 DSSH for the Beginning Farmer and Rancher (BFR) application. Changes are applicable for all Crop Years in the MPCI and Livestock Print menus.

Changes that we made:

Within the BFR Application, we added a "Cancellation" checkbox inside of the page one header.
We updated the Exclusion table for a better user-friendly experience.
We changed the previous bullet points to (a) and (b) within the Production History section of page one, to match DSSH.
We changed the verbiage in the Certification Statement, within the second paragraph from (1), (2), and (3), to (a), (b), and (c).
We removed "**" from both the Legend and the "Type of Exclusion" label on page one.
The version date was updated to "08-2023".

150576

Updates have been made to the Marketing Certification form. This form is required to be completed by insureds that intend to direct market any portion of their crop(s) or when acceptable verifiable productions are required.

The changes that were made consist of the following:

Page 1: Within the header, the Insured's info and Agency/Agent borders are not connected.
The version date was updated to "08-2023."
Regarding pages 2+: The Crop Year, Insured, and Print date are not justified right when the form is printing pre-headed.
Regarding pages 2+: The AIP Title Tagline is no longer centered.
Within the Required Statement Section on page 2, the word "above," located after the word "criteria" inside the four checkbox statements, was removed.

146340

The following additional updates have been made to the Production Reporting Worksheet (PRW) for all years (unless otherwise specified) to support Same Year Production Reporting (SYPR):

"(2022)" acre logic (which was implemented in the 15.080 release) was removed.
"(2023)" no longer prints below 2023 acres.
Opt Out was removed from the Unit #, it now prints under the area that data is to be reported in. "YA" was added to the opt out options. These options will always print for both the SYPR and the non-SYPR annual crops that also use the PRW.
For SYPR units, the checkboxes will not be selected.
For non-SYPR units, the checkboxes will be selected as they are today with the exception of the code being added to YA Opt Out when applicable.
The APH Yld Desc. field was added and will print the data that has been entered. The Record Type field was split to follow the flow of the Fast Edit PR page.
Yield data was updated to not include the Yield Descriptor data any longer. Yield adjustments info (like YA and MY) will still be included.
As “Approved Yield” is not a DSSH requirement for the form, it was removed and replaced with the “Pre-Quality Actual Yield”. This field will always print on the form even though the DSSH only requires it to print when QL has been elected. This field will always be blank for SYPR since the data is not being captured on the page. For non-SYPR, this field will populate when applicable.
T-Yield Map Area / Area Class. will not print any data for SYPR.
The Total Production field was split to follow the flow of the Fast Edit PR page. Pre-Quality Total Production was added. This field will always print on the form even though the DSSH only requires it to print when QL has been elected. When the form is printed pre-filled, data will print in this field when applicable.
The APH Yield Descriptor was added to the Legend on the last page of the form. The Statement page is now two pages.
For 2023+ only, Production Reporting data for SYPR will print on the PRW. For a mapping of the form, the PRW form matches the Fast Edit PR page regarding the fields that display from the Detail Lines.

151155

The Production Report (PR) has been updated for all years, unless specified otherwise, to support Same Year Production Reporting (SYPR).

Changes made:

Yield Adjustment (YA) was added to the opt out options. These options will always print for both the SYPR and the non-SYPR annual crops that also use the PR. For SYPR units, the checkboxes will always be blank. For non-SYPR units, the checkboxes will be selected as they are today with the exception of the code being added to YA Opt Out when applicable.
The “Desc. (Adj. Yield)” column label was updated to “APH Yld Desc. (Adj. Yield)“.
The “Pre-Quality Actual Yield” column will now always print for all units. Data will print in this column when entered. No data will print for SYPR units for 2023+.
T-Yield Map Area / Area Class. will not print any data for SYPR units for 2023+.
The Pre-Quality Total Production column will now always print for all units. Data will print in this column when entered.
Prior Yield data was removed. Instead, a box will now print so the Agent can hand write the value in if they are calculating for the Grower.
Approved Yield data was removed. Instead, a box will now print so the Agent can hand write the value in if they are calculating for the Grower.
The APH Yield Descriptor was added to the Legend on the last page of the form. The Statement page is now two pages.

151154

Updates were implemented to the Veteran Farmer and Rancher (VFR) Application for all Crop Years and Print menus.

Changes that were made:

We updated the verbiage and created spacing within the paragraphs inside the Certification Statement on page two.
We updated the bullets to "(a)" and "(b)" within the Production History, located directly below the "If I have elected to use" verbiage.
We updated numbers "(1)" and "(2)" to letters "(a)" and "(b)", located within the Certification Statement in the second paragraph.
We capitalized the "a" in "application" in the third "I understand" statement on page one.
The version date was updated to "08-2023."

150088

Global

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The Online Help Site was updated with topics as well as with current release notes.

151321

Mapping

DESCRIPTION ID #

PRF: Users requested better shading by type/practice for PRF. This has been implemented.

149789

MPCI

DESCRIPTION ID #

Annual Forage: Previously, when a user selected one of the canceled Coverage Statuses, the Percent of Value was not zeroed out, which was confusing to users who were trying to visually sum the Percents of Value on active coverages. With this ticket, the Percent of Value is now resetting to 0% when a detail line is set to a canceled status (prior to save of the coverage).

150611

Annual Forage: An additional change was made to the current Annual Forage duplicate line validation. The validation now considers the Dual Use Option when determining whether a detail line already existed. If part of a unit's acres is considered dual use and part is not, the user must split out the acres on a duplicated detail line and apply the option to the appropriate detail line. The Multiple Cropping Code was also added to the criteria used to determine if the Annual Forage Group is unique.

150914