[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: 7CFR407.15]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
     CHAPTER IV--FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 407_GROUP RISK PLAN OF INSURANCE REGULATIONS FOR THE 2005 AND SUCCEEDING CROP YEARS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 407.15  Group risk plan for sorghum.

    The provisions of the Group Risk Plan for Sorghum for the 2000 and 
succeeding crop years are as follows:

                             1. Definitions

    Harvest. Combining or threshing the sorghum for grain, or severing 
the stalk from the land and chopping the stalk and head for the purpose 
of livestock feed.
    NASS yield. The yield calculated by dividing the NASS estimate of 
sorghum for grain production in the county, by the NASS estimate of the 
acres of sorghum for grain in the county, as specified in the actuarial 
documents. The actuarial documents will specify whether the harvested or 
planted acreage is used to calculate the yield used to establish the 
expected county yield and calculate indemnities.
    Planted acreage. Land in which the sorghum seed has been placed by a 
machine appropriate for the insured crop and planting method, at the 
correct depth, into a seedbed that has been properly prepared for the 
planting method and production practice. Broadcast and subsequent 
mechanical incorporation of the sorghum seed is not allowed.

                             2. Crop Insured

    (a) The insured crop will be all sorghum:
    (1) Grown on insurable acreage in the county or counties listed in 
the accepted application;
    (2) Properly planted and reported by the acreage reporting date;
    (3) Planted with the intent to be harvested as grain or silage; and
    (4) Not interplanted with an established grass or legume or 
interplanted with another crop.
    (b) Hybrid sorghum seed may only be insured if a written agreement 
exists between you and us. Your request to insure such crop must be in 
writing and submitted to your agent not later than the sales closing 
date.

                               3. Payment

    (a) A payment will be made only if the payment yield for the insured 
crop year is less than your trigger yield.
    (b) Payment yields will be determined prior to April 16 following 
the crop year.
    (c) We will issue any payment to you prior to the May 16 immediately 
following our determination of the payment yield.
    (d) The payment is equal to the payment calculation factor 
multiplied by your policy protection for each insured crop practice and 
type specified in the actuarial documents.
    (e) The payment will not be recalculated even though the NASS yield 
may be subsequently revised.

                            4. Program Dates

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             State and county                Cancellation and  termination dates        Contract change date
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Val Verde, Edwards, Kerr, Kendall, Bexar,   January 15...........................  November 30.
 Wilson, Karnes, Goliad, Victoria, and
 Jackson Counties, Texas, and all Texas
 counties lying south thereof.
El Paso, Hudspeth, Culberson, Reeves,       February 15..........................  November 30.
 Loving, Winkler, Ector, Upton, Reagan,
 Sterling, Coke, Tom Green, Concho,
 McCulloch, San Saba, Mills, Hamilton,
 Bosque, Johnson, Tarrant, Wise, and Cooke
 Counties, Texas, and all Texas counties
 south and east thereof to and including
 Terrell, Crockett, Sutton, Kimble,
 Gillespie, Blanco, Comal, Guadalupe,
 Gonzales, De Witt, Lavaca, Colorado,
 Wharton, and Matagorda Counties, Texas.
Alabama; Arizona; Arkansas; California;     February 28..........................  November 30.
 Florida; Georgia; Louisiana; Mississippi;
 Nevada; North Carolina; and South
 Carolina.
All other Texas counties and all other      March 15.............................  November 30.
 states.
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