On August 22, 2024, the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) Board of Directors approved modifications to the Apple Tree Crop Insurance Program under section 508(h) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act. As outlined in Product Management Bulletin – PM-25-009, the modifications include the following:

  • Allowance of optional units by type.
  • The number of practices in the actuarial documents were reduced by removing tree density and age-based stages to organic practices only.
  • Range classes were expanded from three to six to add density to the age-based stages.