§ 400.19 - Qualifications for Individual Yield Coverage Plan.

The Insured may elect to substitute the IYCP Yield for the Area Average Yield.

(a) For the producer to qualify for IYCP for any crop year, the completed Form FCIC 19A (APH) must be received in the crop insurance service office not later than the acreage reporting date for the crop and the year.

(b) For a crop to qualify for IYCP, a minimum of 3 years of records of planted acreage and production, under the control of either the landlord or tenant, must be provided to ASCS for all units and be certified by ASCS. Records for up to 10 continuous years shall be used where such records are available and the same farming practices are followed for that period of time. There can be no break in continuity from the most recent crop year through preceding crop years. A year in which no acreage was planted to the crop on the unit or in which a different practice was followed will not be considered a break in continuity.

(c) Either the landlord's or tenant operator's records may qualify either party for the same IYCP guarantee. If a conflict exists between the records of the landlord and the tenant operator, the Corporation will determine which records will be used.

(d) If an insured wishes to obtain an IYCP yield on land newly added to production for the insured, the insured must comply with the provisions of this paragraph. If the IYCP yield being requested is for an ASCS program crop and if the added land has an ASCS established yield for that crop of 90 percent or more of the ASCS established yield of the unit to which the land is to be added or of the nearest unit then: When land without satisfactory records is added to a unit satisfactory records, the IYCP average yield will be that of the unit to which the land was added; and when land without satisfactory records is added as a separate unit, the IYCP average yield will be that of the closest unit of the same crop and practice. When the ASCS established farm yields for the added land are less than 90 percent of the program yields for the existing units, the IYCP yields will be the area average yield.

(e) When the yield being requested on land being added is for a crop for which the added land does not have an ASCS established farm yield, the ASCS established farm yield for the crop with the largest ASCS base acreage on the added land will be compared to the program yield for the crop on the existing units to determine if the 90-percent ratio is achieved. If the land is being added to a unit and there is no ASCS established farm yield on either the added land or the units or both to compare, the IYCP yield will be the area average yield. If the land is being added as a separate unit, and the nearest unit has no ASCS established farm yield to compare to the added unit, the next nearest unit will be used. If no comparable yields are available on any unit, the yield of the added unit will be the area average yield.

(f) If a producer disposes of his entire operation and begins operation on completely different units, the new units will be compared to the old units in accordance with paragraphs (d) and (e) of this section, for adding new units.

(g) When land is being added but less than 3 continuous years of acceptable records are available, the acceptable production and acreage records will be used for the years they are available and paragraphs (d) and (e) of this section will be used for the years when adequate records are not available.

(h) When participation in IYCP is continuous, ASCS certification under this part for up to 10 years, dropping the highest and lowest yield in the 10-year period, will be used in calculating the IYCP average yield. When an insured has previously participated in IYCP, he must have at least the most recent three years records of production acceptable to ASCS. These records and all records previously certified by ASCS up to 10 years, will be used to ascertain the new yield.

(i) The premium shall be contained in the actuarial table and will be the same as applicable under the Area Coverage Plan.