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Choosing Nodak Insurance Company to help with your risk management plan is one of the best decisions you can make for Crop Hail and Multiple Peril Crop Insurance (MPCI). Our agents provide the answers you need to make educated crop insurance decisions.
Note: Crop Hail Coverage and MPCI is also available in Minnesota and South Dakota through our sister company, American West Insurance.
Our Crop Hail policy includes these advantages:
  • Two-hour coverage on applications submitted in an acceptable method and by sufficient notice
  • Hail plans begin paying at 1% payable loss
  • Competitive rates
  • Agents are local, experienced, knowledgeable and accessible
  • 5% early payment discount
  • A wide range of Crop Hail plans to customize protection for your operation
  • Harvested Grain coverage at no additional cost
  • Carryover coverage provides early protection for next year at no additional cost
  • Adjusters are skilled and competent
  • AgriData for hail probability reporting
  • Replant Supplement Endorsement
  • Unity Crop Hail: provides for continuous coverage with acres determined from your MPCI Acreage Report
  • New Hemp Endorsements: Covers hail losses for seed, fiber, and CBD oil
  • New Sugar Beet Endorsement: Covers stand reduction loss due to wind, freeze, or soil crusting
  • Allows various deductibles to be chosen for the Wind Coverage for Field Corn and Green Snap - Wind Coverage Endorsements
  • Allows coverage to be extended for the for the Wind Coverage for Field Corn Endorsement and for the Extra Harvest Expense Endorsement
The Crop Hail policy covers losses due to:
  • Hail
  • Fire and Lightning
  • Transit Coverage - while the harvested crop is being transported to the first place of storage) including but not limited to any drying apparatus, drying bin or storage of any kind)
  • Fire Department Service Charge up to $500
In addition, at no extra cost, Harvested Grain is covered while being stored on or transported from the farm premises against the following perils (except for special exclusions):
  • Fire and Lightning
  • Windstorm
  • Collision
  • Upset or Overturn of Vehicle Transporting Grain
  • Collapse of bridges, docks and culverts
  • Theft
  • Vandalism or Malicious Mischief
Crop Hail plans:
  • Basic: 0% Deductible pays at 1% payable loss
  • DXS5: 5% Deductible disappears at 25% payable loss
  • DXS10: 10% Deductible disappears at 50% payable loss
  • DDA: 10% Deductible disappears at 25% payable loss
  • DDB: 20% Deductible disappears at 40% payable loss
  • DDC: 30% Deductible disappears at 55% payable loss
  • XS10: 10% Deductible is Mandatory and remains throughout the payable loss; 100% damage pays 90%
  • XS10IP: Excess over 10% loss has increasing payment of .5% for 1% loss after 70% damage
  • XS15: 15% Deductible is Mandatory and remains throughout the payable loss; 100% damage pays 85%
  • XS15IP: Excess over 15% loss has increasing payment of .5% for 1% loss after 70% damage
  • XS20IP: Excess over 20% loss until 50% loss; 70.1-90% pays actual loss minus 20% + (2% x excess of 70%); 90.1-100 pays 100%.
  • Comp 2: No liability for loss until the loss exceeds 5%; thereafter, the loss is paid by 200% of the amount in excess of 5%
  • B or C 2: Basic policy pays loss at Basic Plan through the first 10% damage; thereafter, the policy is paid by 200% of the amount in excess of 5%
  • Comp 2D10: No liability for loss until the loss exceeds 10%; thereafter, the loss is paid by 200% of the amount in excess of 10%
  • COMP3D10: Coverage begins when the loss exceeds 10%; thereafter, the loss is paid by 300% of the amount in excess of 10%.
  • Comp 3: Coverage begins when the loss exceeds 5%; thereafter, the loss is paid by 300% of the amount of loss in excess of 5%
Endorsements include:
  • Wind Coverage for Field Corn: Coverage for losses due to Green Snap, Lodging, or non-recoverable ears that have been severed from the stalk due to wind. Various deductibles available.
  • Extra Harvest Expense for field and or seed corn: Provides an Extra Harvest Expense allowance for stalks blown down by wind on qualifying acres. This can be purchased when wind coverage is purchased.
  • Green Snap Coverage for Field Corn: Coverage for losses due to Green Snap or non-recoverable ears that have been severed from the stalk due to wind. Various deductibles available.
MPCI and Crop Hail - do not sacrifice one for the other:
  • At 75% MPCI Coverage, a 25% reduction of the APH is needed before a payable loss can be declared.
  • MPCI Coverage will pay loss based on the APH at the target price.
  • Consumers need to use their money on a risk management product that will provide the best economic return without allowing any coverage breach.
A policyholder with 100 acres of wheat with a $5.00/$100 Basic rate:
  • Basic Coverage: $500
  • DDA: $380
  • DXS10: $365
  • DDB: $285
  • B or C 2: $700
  • Comp 2: $680
Crop Hail Production Plan (CHPP) is available for corn, soybeans and wheat.
The USDA Risk Management Agency (RMA) provides Multiple Peril Crop Insurance (MPCI) as a risk management tool available to agricultural producers. Producers should consider how a policy will work in conjunction with their other risk management strategies to insure their business is soundly protected. Nodak Insurance Company agents are here to work with producers in developing the best management protection plan for each individual business.
Various insurance plans provide coverage for specific commodities and are available for most commonly raised commodities.
Revenue Protection - Protects producers against yield losses due to natural causes such as drought, excessive moisture, hail, wind, frost, insects and disease, and revenue losses caused by a change in the harvest price from the projected price.
Revenue Protection with Harvest Price Exclusion - Protects producers in the same manner as Revenue Protection policies, except the amount of insurance protection is based on the projected price only (the amount of protection is not increased if the harvest price is greater than the projected price).
Yield Protection - Protects producers against yield losses only due to natural causes such as drought, excessive moisture, hail, wind, frost, insects, and disease. The level of coverage is determined using the same projected price as Revenue Protection policies.
Actual Production History (APH) - Protects producers against yield losses only in the same manner as Yield Protection policies, except the price is established annually by Risk Management Agency (RMA).
Catastrophic Risk Protection (CAT) - Pays 55% of the price of the commodity established by RMA on crop losses in excess of 50%. The premium on CAT coverage is paid by the Federal Government; however, producers must pay a $665 administrative fee for each crop insured in the county. Limited Resource/Beginning/Veteran Farmers & Ranchers may have this fee waived. CAT coverage is not available on all types of policies.
The following insurance plans provide coverage based on the experience of the county.
Area Risk Protection Insurance (ARPI) - this insurance plan provides coverage for specific crops based on the experience of an entire area, generally a county. The amount of insurance protection is based on the projected price, however can increase if the harvest price is greater than the projected price.
Area Risk Protection with Harvest Price Exclusion (ARPI-HPE) - Protects producers in the same manner as ARPI, except the amount of insurance protection is based on the projected price only (the amount of protection is not increased if the harvest price is greater than the projected price).
Area Yield Protection (AYP) - this insurance plan provides yield coverage for specific crops based on the experience of an entire area.
Margin Protection (MP) - Protect producers against an unexpected decrease in operating margin (revenue less input costs), caused by reduced county yields, reduced commodity prices, increased prices of certain inputs, or any combination of these perils. Because MP is area-based (average for a county), an individual farm may have a decrease in its margin but not receive an indemnity or vice-versa. In this respect, MP behaves in the same manner as coverage under Area Risk Protection Insurance (ARPI). MP has a Harvest Price Option. The data source for all county yields is NASS. Coverage is available for Wheat, Corn and Soybeans.
Dollar - Protect producers against declining value due to damage that causes a yield shortfall. The amount of insurance is based on the cost of growing a crop in a specific area. A loss occurs when the annual crop value is less than the amount of insurance. This coverage is designed for Forage Seeding.
Rainfall Index (RI) - Area-based plan protects Pasture, Rangeland and Forage (PRF) for perennial pasture, rangeland, or forage used to feed livestock. The RI plan also provides coverage for Apiculture. It provides producers a risk management tool to cover the precipitation needed to produce forage for their operation. It's based on weather data collected and maintained by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Climate Prediction Center.
Livestock policies - Designed to insure against declining market prices of livestock and not any other peril. Coverage is determined using futures and options prices from the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Group. Price insurance is available for Swine, Cattle, Lambs and Milk. There are two types of plans available: Livestock Risk Protection (LRP) provides coverage against market price decline, and Livestock Gross Margin (LGM), provides coverage for the difference between the commodity and feeding costs.
Dairy Revenue Protection - Dairy Revenue Protection is an area-based revenue product designed to insure against unexpected declines in the quarterly revenue from milk sales relative to a guaranteed coverage level. Dairy producers may choose from two pricing options, Class Pricing and Component Pricing. At the end of the insurance period, if the actual milk revenue is below the final revenue guarantee, the producer may receive an indemnity payment for the difference between the final revenue guarantee and the actual milk revenue multiplied times the share and protection factor. Policies correspond to the quarters of the calendar year, and producers may purchase policies for up to 5 nearby quarters. Producers may cover 80% to 95% of their expected quarterly revenue.
Whole Farm Revenue Protection (WFRP) - provides coverage against the loss of revenue that you expect to earn, or will obtain from commodities you produce or purchase for resale during the insurance period under one insurance policy. This insurance plan is tailored for any farm with up to $17 million in insured revenue, including farms with specialty or organic commodities (both crops and livestock), or those marketing to local, regional, farm-identity preserved, specialty, or direct markets.
Micro Farm Policy - This policy is offered through the Whole Farm Revenue Protection policy and was developed to meet the needs for small-scale farms, covering up to $350,000 of approved farm revenue including farms with specialty or organic commodities or those marketing to local, regional, specialty, or direct markets. Like WFRP, this policy provides coverage for the loss of revenue the producer expects to earn from commodities produced or purchased for resale. All coverage levels are available up to 85% and requires at least three years of consecutive tax records, including a lag year. Producers do not have to report expenses or individual commodities and it allows post-production costs to be counted as revenue, such as washing and packaging commodities or value-added products like jam.
Enhanced Coverage Option (ECO) - is an endorsement that provides additional area-based coverage for a portion of the underlying crop insurance policy deductible (ARPI & CAT excluded). ECO offers producers a choice of 90 or 95 percent trigger levels. The ECO Endorsement begins to pay when county average yield or revenue falls below 95 percent (or 90 percent, if that is the trigger level you elect) of its expected level. ECO payments are determined only by county average revenue or yield and are not affected if the underlying policy receives an indemnity.
Supplemental Coverage Option (SCO) - is an area based policy endorsement that can be purchased to supplement an underlying policy. It provides additional coverage for a portion of the underlying policy deductible. There are separate premium and administrative fees for SCO by crop/county. The SCO Endorsement begins to pay when county average revenue falls below 86 percent of its expected level. An indemnity is triggered when there is a county level loss in yield or revenue. Prevented planting and replanting provisions do not apply to SCO. Producers who elect to participate in Agricultural Risk Coverage, offered by Farm Service Agency (FSA), may not elect SCO on any of the same FSA farm numbers.


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