[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 6]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR400.53]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
     CHAPTER IV--FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 400_GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart G_Actual Production History
 
Sec. 400.53  Yield certification and acceptability.

    (a) Production reports must be provided to the crop insurance agent 
no later than the production reporting date for the crop insured.
    (1) Production reports must provide an accurate account of planted 
acreage for annual crops or insurable acres for perennial crops, as well 
as harvested and appraised production by unit.
    (2) The insured must certify the accuracy of the information.
    (3) Production reported for more than one crop year must be 
continuous. A year in which no acreage was planted to the crop on a unit 
or no acreage was planted to a practice, type, or variety requiring an 
APH yield will not be considered a break in continuity. Assigned yields, 
at the discretion of the FCIC, may be used to maintain continuity of 
yield data of file. Production on uninsured (for those years a crop 
insurance policy under the Federal Crop Insurance Act is in effect) or 
uninsurable acreage (for other years of the period) will not be used to 
determine APH yield unless production from such acreage is commingled 
with production from insured or insurable acreage.
    (b) Production reports and supporting records are subject to audit 
or review to verify the accuracy of the information certified. 
Production and supporting records may be reviewed and verified if a 
claim for indemnity is submitted on the insured crop. The reported yield 
is subject to revision, if needed, so that the claim conforms to the 
records submitted at that time.
    (1) Inaccurate production reports or failure to retain acceptable 
records shall result in the verifier combining optional farm units and 
recomputing the approved APH yield. These actions shall be taken at any 
time after reporting or record discrepancies are identified and may 
result in reduction of the approved APH yield for any calendar year.
    (2) Records must be provided by the insured at the time of an audit, 
review, or as otherwise requested, to verify that the acreage and 
production certified are accurate. Records of any other person having 
shares in the insured crop, which are used by the insured to establish 
the approved APH yield, must also be provided upon request.
    (3) In the event acreage or production data certified by two or more 
persons sharing in the crop on the same acreage is different, the 
verifier shall, at the verifier's discretion, determine which acreage 
and production data, if any, will be used to determine the approved APH 
yield. If the correct acreage and production cannot be determined, the 
data submitted will be considered unacceptable by the verifier for APH 
purposes.
    (4) Failure of the producer to report acreage and production 
completely and accurately may result in voidance of the crop insurance 
contract, as well as criminal or civil false claims penalties pursuant 
to applicable Federal criminal or civil statutes.