Release Notes 17.135.0

These release notes provide brief descriptions of changes included in eHarvest 17.135.0

System Updates

Forms & Reports

DESCRIPTION ID #

Livestock SOI: This ticket added the Livestock Schedule of Insurances (SOIs) to the Batch Printing menu.

Changes that were made for all years:

The LRP, LGM, and DRP SOIs were added to the Batch Printing menu, and appear in the Select Forms to Print list when Livestock is selected as the Product Type and the applicable Program Type is selected. The Display Unmasked Tax IDs and Auto Attach Print Options were added to the SOI forms. Detail Lines that print on the applicable Livestock SOIs are based on the Filtering Options selected in the Batch Printing menu and RMA accepted status. Print the Livestock SOI as Pre-Headed if the policy does not have Detail Lines that have been filtered and RMA accepted.

217116

The April 2 4/30 CCD SPOIs for 2026 Reinsurance Year were made available from RMA and were updated in the system.

217460

DRP Application: Updates were made to the Dairy Revenue Protection (DRP) Application to support the use of proper signatures and the printing of multiple signatures when required by entity type.

Changes that were made to the form:

1. Converted to new platform.
2. Updated the title of the form to “Dairy Revenue Protection (DRP) Application / Policy Change / Transfer / Cancellation Form” and updated the title in the footer to “See Last Page of DRP Application / Policy Change / Transfer / Cancellation Form for Required Statements”.
3. Updated the Insured Info label to “Applicant / Insured's Name, Street and / or Mailing Address and Other Contact Information”
4. Updated the label “Insured” to “Applicant”.
5. Updated the Privacy Act label to “Collection of Information and Data (Privacy Act) Statement - Agents, Loss Adjusters and Policyholders”.
6. Updated all statements to start on the line under the statement label and removed the colon after the statement label.
7. Updated revision date to “07-2025”.
8. Changes that were made to support the proper signatures/ multiple signatures:

Note: Multiple Signature features must be turned on by the AIP. Multiple Signature is only available with the pre-filled reporting style, and is not available with Batch Print.

1. Updated title of the form in the print forms list on the Print tab to “Dairy Revenue Protection (DRP) Application / Policy Change / Transfer / Cancellation Form”.
2. Added a dagger symbol to the end of the title to indicate that the form supports the printing of Signature Formats and multiple signatures.
3. Added a Signature Format field to the Signature Authority Record screen that will display on the Signature Section of the Print Tab.
4. An alphabetical (by last name) list of available signature authorities with their assigned signature format was added to the Print Tab’s Signature section.
5. The number of Authority Records allowed to print on a form is limited to 10.
6. If no signee is selected, the grower’s base default signature section prints on the form.
7. If no signature format was entered for an Authority Record, then the Authority Record’s first and last name will print under the Applicant Signature section.

218135

LGM SOI: This ticket updated the Livestock Gross Margin (LGM) Cattle Schedule of Insurance (SOI). This is to help producers, agents, and AIP staff more easily connect specific head of livestock with each endorsement/detail line. This field in the Detail Lines tab is optional and required for save.

Changes that were made:

1. Added Lot ID under Effective Date.
• The data only prints for 2024+ years.
• The label prints for all years.
2. Updated Insured Info label to "Insured's Name, Street and / or Mailing Address and Other Contact Information".

218273

LRP Feeder Cattle SPOI: The April 28 SPOIs for Livestock Risk Protection (LRP) Feeder Cattle Plans for the 2026 Reinsurance Year were made available from RMA and were updated in the system.

218568

LRP Fed Cattle SPOI: The April 30 SPOIs for Livestock Risk Protection (LRP) Fed Cattle Plans for the 2026 Reinsurance Year were made available from RMA and were updated in the system.

218737

DRP SOI: The May 12 basic provisions from RMA were implemented for the Dairy Revenue Protection (DRP) policy for the 2026+ crop year. The Livestock Schedule of Insurance (SOI), with the print option to print provisions, can be found on the Livestock Print tab within an individual DRP policy.

Changes that were made:

The DRP 2026 policy provisions and were implemented.

218779

LRP SOI: The April 30 basic provisions and from RMA were implemented for the Livestock Risk Protection (LRP) policy plus Fed Cattle and Feeder Cattle Endorsements for the 2026+ crop year. The Livestock Schedule of Insurance (SOI), with the print option to print provisions, can be found on the Livestock Print tab within an individual LRP policy.

Changes that were made:

The LRP 2026 policy plus Fed Cattle and Feeder Cattle Endorsement provisions were implemented.

218783

LGM SOI: The April 30 provisions from RMA were implemented for the Livestock Gross Margin (LGM) Cattle, Dairy Cattle, and Swine policies for the 2026+ crop year. The Livestock Schedule of Insurance (SOI), with the print option to print provisions, can be found on the Livestock Print tab within an individual LGM policy.

Changes that were made:

The LGM Cattle, Dairy Cattle, and Swine 2026 policy provisions were implemented.

218787

LRP: RMA updated “Insured Value” to “Liability” in the LRP policy, handbooks, and forms for 2026 + RYs. It was discovered that the “LRP Insured Value” column in the Livestock Register Export (available from the Livestock Register and Policy Management Dashboard) needed to be updated.

Changes that were made:

The “LRP Insured Value” column in the Livestock Register Export was updated to “LRP Coverage Price”.

219902

LRP SCE: The ticket fulfilled the request to add a specific disclaimer to the Livestock Risk Protection (LRP) Specific Coverage Endorsement (SCE) statement pages.

Changes that were made for 2026+ years:

The following disclaimer was added to the statement pages of the Livestock Risk Protection (LRP) Specific Coverage Endorsement (SCE):

“Forward Contracting Disclaimer

The policy only covers livestock that you own or have an ownership interest in during the insurance period under the SCE and that are marketable by the end date.

Livestock that you purchase under a valid agreement made before the start of the insurance period is eligible, provided the livestock will be in your possession during the insurance period for the applicable SCE, and the final delivery date specified in the agreement is at least 90 days before the SCE ends. The livestock must be physically possessed for a minimum of 30 days. Additional documentation may be requested by AIP, as necessary. Such documentation could include, but is not limited to, trucking records, feedlot records with corresponding dates, and packing house records.”

220357

MBAR: The eSigned “Map Based Acreage Report” Attachment Type label was updated.

Changes that were made:

The Attachment Type for the Map Based Acreage Report was corrected to "Map Based Acreage Report" for eSigned Map Based Acreage Report forms in the Attachments tab of a policy.

220466

LGM SCE: This ticket fixed the Print Name field in the Signature Section of Livestock Gross Margin (LGM) Specific Coverage Endorsement (SCE) Dairy Cattle form.

Changes that were made for all years:

Fixed the Print Name field to display the Insured and Agent of Record names in the Signature Section.

220903

Global

DESCRIPTION ID #

Beginning in the 2025 RY for MPCI and the 2026 RY for Livestock, the RMA will allow a single payee to receive indemnity payments when a Single Payee Agreement (SPA) exists between the parties (assignee(s) and grower) involved. The agreement will indicate who the agreed upon payee is (the Insured or an AOI) for indemnity paid at the State/County/Crop level. For the 2025 RY, an SPA is required for each claim (MPCI only); however, language in policy documents for the 2026 RY indicates that SPAs can be applied to the entire RY—and while there can only be one active SPA at a time for a county/crop, an agreement can be canceled and a new one put in place.

In 202431, a Single Payee flag was added to the Add New/Maintain AOI’s coverage grid so a user could indicate an agreement was in place between the AOI and Insured; however, due to the payment requirements for Single Payee (ACH deposit) and possibility of more than one agreement existing on a county/crop, additional UI elements are needed to allow users to select who the single payee is (AOI or Insured) and to key multiple agreements at the county/crop level that would also track approval, cancelation, and sign dates.

In researching possibilities for implementing changes to the Add New/Maintain AOI screens, it was found that the screens were not capable of showing multiple policies for a grower (beyond the initial add) and support the technology requirements to add the sub-grid functionality needed to track multiple SPAs for a county/crop in a year. Given these limitations, the AOI functionality is being updated to a Fast Edit AOI screen, which removes the AOI from under the policy-level view and into a grower-level view.

This new screen will show all policies for a grower (by GrowerTIN/Entity Type/RY) and then allow a user to view all AOIs under each policy associated with that grower given they have permissions to view the policies. For easier data entry, users can then add and delete AOIs to coverages on a policy, copy and paste creditor data across policy coverages, and apply one or more Single Payee Agreements to a coverage/crop. These Single Payee Agreements will be then visible under their associated coverage(s) and contain helpful data for tracking agreements, processing claims, and paying designated payees.

For 2025+ RYs, this screen will replace the existing Add New/Maintain SOI screens and will be accessed from the same locations on a policy as the current screens: the Add Assignment of Indemnity link on the Utilities screen (initial AOI) and the Assignment of Indemnity section on the Coverage tab when at least one AOI exists for the grower. All existing AOI functionality will be retained in the Fast Edit AOI screen, but the structure in which it’s presented will change, and there will be enhanced support for Single Payee Agreements.

The existing System Functions that controlled user’s ability to view, add, edit, and delete an AOI have been retained in the new screen, so there was no change to user access in 2025+. The Single Payee component of the AOI screen was folded into the view, add, edit, and delete rights that existed for AOIs. If the functionality mentioned below is not available to a user, they do not have the security permissions to complete that procedure.

NOTE: References to “Fast Edit AOI” are for “Fast Edit Assignment of Indemnity” and AOI are for “Assignment of Indemnity”.

SPINOFF: 221521

1. If a single payee record exists with an AIP Approval Date but the corresponding AOI does not have a value in the Approved by Company field, then throw a hard stop: "An AIP Approval Date cannot be keyed on a Single Payee Agreement when the corresponding Creditor does not have an Approved by Company date. " This is to prevent claims/accounting from processing indemnity payments for an AOI who hasn’t been approved.
2. In the instance there are multiple approved AOIs on a policy and a single payee agreement exists between all AOIs and the grower, it's currently possible that a user could create SPA records on each AOI and not select the same payee. Update to make sure that the same payee is selected for all SOIs entered into a single payee agreement for the same coverage.
3. Update to show the user who the Single Payee is for a coverage in the AOI grid.

216312

Mapping

DESCRIPTION ID #

A drop down was added to the RLU maintenance screen.

Changes that were made:

The RLU Purpose field was added to the RLU maintenance screen and can be set after the RLU is assigned.

219256

It was reported that the mapping and mapping tools had slow performance.

Changes that were made:

The mapping and mapping tools functions were optimized to improve performance.

221013

MBAR: The “Practice/Type” field was not printing in the grid of the Map Based Acreage Report.

Changes that were made:

The “Practice/Type” field from the units of the coverage was updated to print the on the Map Based Acreage Report.

221289

MPCI

DESCRIPTION ID #

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

221079