Federal Crop Insurance Act

E511882

The Federal Crop Insurance Act is a U.S. law that establishes and governs the federal crop insurance program to help farmers manage agricultural production and price risks.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Federal Crop Insurance Act canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
agricultural law ⓘ
administeredBy Risk Management Agency ⓘ
United States Department of Agriculture ⓘ
appliesTo agricultural producers ⓘ
farmers ⓘ
authorizes reinsurance for private crop insurers ⓘ
subsidies for crop insurance premiums ⓘ
beneficiary producers of insurable crops ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
covers crop revenue losses ⓘ
crop yield losses ⓘ
losses due to adverse weather ⓘ
losses due to natural causes ⓘ
losses due to price fluctuations ⓘ
enactedBy United States Congress ⓘ
establishes federal crop insurance policies ⓘ
premium subsidy structure ⓘ
risk-sharing arrangements with private insurers ⓘ
field agricultural economics ⓘ
risk management policy ⓘ
implementedBy approved private insurance companies ⓘ
implementedThrough public-private partnership ⓘ
jurisdiction United States federal government ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalForm public law ⓘ
objective to encourage wider participation in crop insurance ⓘ
to improve farm income stability ⓘ
policyInstrument catastrophic coverage ⓘ
federal multiple-peril crop insurance ⓘ
revenue protection insurance ⓘ
purpose to establish a federal crop insurance program ⓘ
to help farmers manage agricultural production risks ⓘ
to help farmers manage price risks ⓘ
to reduce the need for ad hoc disaster assistance ⓘ
regulates federal crop insurance program ⓘ
relatedTo United States farm bill ⓘ
agricultural risk management ⓘ
disaster assistance programs ⓘ
requires actuarially sound premium rates ⓘ
standardized crop insurance policy terms ⓘ
riskType price risk ⓘ
production risk ⓘ
yield risk ⓘ
sector agriculture ⓘ
shortName FCIA ⓘ
targetGroup commercial farmers ⓘ
family farmers ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Risk Management Agency → follows → Federal Crop Insurance Act ⓘ
subject linked to: RMA
Federal Crop Insurance Program → legalBasis → Federal Crop Insurance Act ⓘ
Area Risk Protection Insurance → regulatoryFramework → Federal Crop Insurance Act ⓘ