Kale Horton. Risk Management Specialist. USDA/RMA/APDD. Beacon Facility, Mail Stop 0813. PO Box 419205. Kansas City, MO
United States Department of Agriculture
Announcement: Listening Session
Hawaii Tropical Fruit Listening Session Announcement April 2017
Listening Session The Risk Management Agency (RMA) is currently evaluating the Hawaii Tropical Fruit Pilot Crop Insurance Program. This evaluation is to determine whether the pilot crop insurance program for banana, papaya, and coffee fruits should be converted to permanent program, modified and continued as pilot, or terminated. The results of our evaluation will be presented to the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) Board of Directors (Board) for a final determination on the future availability and structure of the Hawaii Tropical Fruit crop insurance program for the above mentioned crops in Hawaii. When We will be holding a listening session conference call for growers, insurance company staff, agents, and other interested parties. The conference call number is (888) 844-9904 and Access Code 8604877. The listening session for each crop will be held on the following time and date: Banana: April 5, 2017 from 900 to 1000 HST. Papaya: April 12, 2017 from 900 to 1000 HST.
Purpose The purpose of this listening session is to receive your feedback on how the pilot crop insurance program has performed and how it can be improved. Your feedback will be considered in our evaluation that will be presented to the FCIC Board. Our goal is to keep the listening session to a onehour duration. We plan to ask approximately 10 questions related to the current crop insurance program to solicit your feedback. Your participation in this listening session will provide vital feedback that will be used to determine whether these programs continue to be offered and to ensure RMA can deliver quality Federal crop insurance to Hawaiian growers. We highly encourage your participation and look forward to receiving feedback. Contact Us Kale Horton Risk Management Specialist USDA/RMA/APDD Beacon Facility, Mail Stop 0813 PO Box 419205 Kansas City, MO 64141-6205 Phone: (816) 823-2883 E-mail: kale.hor ton@r ma.usda.gov
Coffee: April 19, 2017 from 900 to 1000 HST.
This fact sheet gives only a general information of the crop insurance program and is not a complete policy. For further information and an evaluation of your risk management needs, contact a crop insurance agent.
