[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 7, Volume 6] [Revised as of January 1, 2003] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 7CFR457.143] [Page 245-246] TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE CHAPTER IV--FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE PART 457--COMMON CROP INSURANCE REGULATIONS--Table of Contents Sec. 457.143 Northern potato crop insurance--quality endorsement. The Northern Potato Crop Insurance Quality Endorsement provisions for the 1998 and succeeding years are as follows: FCIC policies United States Department of Agriculture Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Reinsured Policies (Appropriate title for insurance provider) Both FCIC and reinsured policies: Northern Potato Crop Insurance Quality Endorsement 1. In return for payment of the additional premium designated in the actuarial documents, this endorsement is attached to and made part of your Northern Potato Crop Provisions subject to the terms and conditions described herein. In the event of a conflict between the Northern Potato Crop Provisions and this endorsement, this endorsement will control. 2. You must elect this endorsement on or before the sales closing date for the initial crop year in which you wish to insure your potatoes under this endorsement. This endorsement will continue in effect until canceled. It may be canceled by either you or us for any succeeding crop year by giving written notice to the other party on or before the cancellation date. [[Page 246]] 3. All acreage of potatoes insured under the Northern Potato Crop Provisions will be insured under this endorsement except: (a) Any acreage specifically excluded by the actuarial documents; and (b) Any acreage grown for seed. 4. We will adjust production to count (determined in accordance with section 15 of the Basic Provisions and section 11 of the Northern Potato Crop Provisions) from (1) unharvested acreage; (2) harvested acreage that is stored after a grade inspection; or (3) that is marketed after a grade inspection; and that contains potatoes that grade less than U.S. No. 2 due to: (a) Internal defects (the number of potatoes with such defects must be in excess of the tolerance allowed for U.S. No. 2 grade potatoes on a lot basis and must not be separable from undamaged production using methods used by the potato packers or processors to whom you normally deliver your potato production), will be adjusted as follows: (1) For potatoes for which a price is agreed upon in writing between you and a buyer within 21 days (60 days if the Northern Potato Crop Insurance Storage Coverage Endorsement is applicable) of the end of the insurance period, or that are delivered to a buyer within 21 days (60 days if the Northern Potato Crop Insurance Storage Coverage Endorsement is applicable) of the end of the insurance period, by multiplying the production to count by the factor (not to exceed 1.0) that results from dividing the price received or that will be received per hundredweight of the damaged production by the highest available price election. This method of adjustment will not be performed if it has already been performed under the terms of section 11(g)(2)(i) of the Northern Potato Crop Insurance Provisions. If production is sold for a price lower than the value appropriate to and representative of the local market, we will determine the value of the production based on the price you could have received in the local market. (2) For harvested potatoes discarded within 21 days (60 days if the Northern Potato Crop Insurance Storage Coverage Endorsement is applicable) of the end of the insurance period and appraised unharvested production that could: (i) Not have been sold, the production to count will be zero; or (ii) Have been sold, the production to count will be determined in accordance with section 4(a)(1). The price used for the damaged production will be the price you could have received in the local market. (3) For potatoes for which a price is not agreed upon between you and a buyer within 21 days (60 days if the Northern Potato Crop Insurance Storage Coverage Endorsement is applicable) of the end of the insurance period and that remain in storage 22 or more days (61 or more days if the Northern Potato Crop Insurance Storage Coverage Endorsement is applicable) after the end of the insurance period, production to count will be determined in accordance with section 4(b). (b) Factors other than those specified in section 4(a), by multiplying by a factor (not to exceed 1.0) that is determined as follows: (1) The combined weight of sampled potatoes that grade U.S. No. 2 or better and that are damaged by freeze or tuber rot will be divided by the total sample weight; and (2) The percentage determined in section 4(b)(1) above will be divided by the applicable percentage factor determined in accordance with section 9. 5. Potatoes harvested or appraised prior to full maturity that do not grade U.S. No. 2 due solely to size will be considered to have met U.S. No. 2 standards unless the potatoes are damaged by an insurable cause of loss and leaving the crop in the field would either reduce production or decrease quality. 6. Production to count for potatoes destroyed, stored or marketed without a grade inspection will be 100 percent of the gross weight of such potatoes. 7. All determinations must be based upon a grade inspection. 8. The actuarial documents may provide ``U.S. No. 1'' in place of ``U.S. No. 2'' as used in this endorsement. If both U.S. No. 1 and 2 are available in the actuarial documents, you may elect U.S. No. 1 or 2 by potato type or group, if separate types or groups are specified in the Special Provisions. 9. Percentage factor means the historical average percentage of potatoes grading U.S. No. 2 or better, by type, determined from your records. If at least 4 continuous years of records are available, the percentage factor will be the simple average of the available records not to exceed 10 years. If less than four years of records are available, the percentage factor will be determined based on a combination of your records and the percentage factor contained in the Special Provisions. [62 FR 65335, Dec. 12, 1997]