0563-AC84 202310 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 0563 Federal Crop Insurance Corporation FCIC 0500 Department of Agriculture USDA Early Harvest Insurance Flexibility for Sugar Beets

This rule is amending the Common Crop Insurance Regulations; Sugar Beet Crop Insurance Provisions.  This rule would make early harvest adjustment an option for the policy.  Currently, early harvest adjustment is automatically applied. The early harvest adjustment was added to the policy with a 2019 final rule to limit the effects to producers’ Approved Production History (APH) databases from processor requirements to harvest sugar beets before they reach full maturity. Since the 2019 rule, some growers raised concerns that the adjustment could negatively impact a claim, while other growers still prefer the APH protection offered by early harvest adjustment. FCIC has worked closely with grower groups and insurance providers on the changes so that differing preferences can harmoniously be satisfied and producers have flexibility to choose the option to best meet their risk management needs.

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant First Time Published in The Unified Agenda Final Rule Stage No No 7 CFR 457 7 U.S.C. 1506 (l) 7 U.S.C. 1506 (o) No Final Rule: With Request for Comments 11/15/2023 88 FR 78226 Final Rule Effective 11/30/2023 Final Rule Comment Period End 01/16/2024 No No None No No No No Deirdre Holder Branch Chief, Regulatory Analysis and PRA Requirements Branch 0500 Department of Agriculture USDA 202 205-5851 deirdre.holder@usda.gov Farm Production and Conservation Business Center, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington DC 20250-0572