Sec. 11105. Specialty crops
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Section 507(g) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act ( 7 U.S.C. 1507(g) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: The Specialty Crops Coordinator shall— designate a Specialty Crops Liaison in each regional field office; and share the contact information of the Specialty Crops Liaisons with specialty crop producers. The Specialty Crops Coordinator shall establish a website focused on the efforts of the Corporation to provide and expand crop insurance for specialty crop producers. The website established under subparagraph
(A)shall include— an online mechanism to provide comments or feedback relating to specialty crops; a calendar of opportunities to provide comments or feedback at specialty crop events or in other public forums; and a plan, with projected completion dates, for examining— potential new crops to be added to existing policies or plans of insurance for specialty crops; opportunities to expand existing policies or plans of insurance for specialty crops to new areas; and the potential for providing additional policies or plans of insurance for specialty crops, such as adding a revenue option or endorsement. . Section 508(a)(6) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act ( 7 U.S.C. 1508(a)(6) ) is amended— in the paragraph heading, by adding at the end the following: ; (including value-added crops) by striking subparagraph
(A)and inserting the following: Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 , and annually thereafter, the manager of the Corporation shall prepare, to the maximum extent practicable, based on data shared from the noninsured crop disaster assistance program established by section 196 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 ( 7 U.S.C. 7333 ), written agreements, or other data, and present to the Board not less than 2 of each of the following: Research and development for a policy or plan of insurance for a new crop. Expansion of an existing policy or plan of insurance to additional counties or States, including malting barley endorsements or contract options. Research and development for a new policy or plan of insurance, or endorsement, for crops with existing policies or plans of insurance, such as dollar plans. ; in subparagraph (B), in the subparagraph heading, by striking and inserting Addition of new crops ; and Report by striking subparagraphs
(C)and (D).
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