Release Notes 6.070.0

RMA released several new and updated crop policies and provisions for the 2018 and succeeding Crop Years (CYs). Provisions print with the MPCI Policy Declaration page when the print option to print provisions with the form is selected. The MPCI Policy Declaration page is available to print from the MPCI policy Print tab and from the Batch Printing tool (Tools > Batch Printing). The following changes were made with this ticket:

Olives: RMA released an updated Olive crop policies and provisions for the 2018 and succeeding Crop Years (CYs). Provisions print with the MPCI Policy Declaration page when the print option to print provisions with the form is selected. The MPCI Policy Declaration page is available to print from the MPCI policy Print tab and from the Batch Printing tool (Tools > Batch Printing). The Olive Crop Provisions that will be effective for the 2018 Crop Year were updated.

WFRP: The 2018 WFRP Handbook added a Breeding Livestock Only section to the Market Animal and Nursery Inventory Report. The WFRP Combo Form has been updated in the following ways for all Crop Years:

Watts products are now being sold by Practice. To comply with the sales of Price Flex and Price Flex Prime products, this ticket updated the Confirmation of Coverage form to include the Practice. These changes will apply for the 2018+ RYs.

A Practice column was added to the table after the Crop column. The data will populate accordingly from the user interface.

The following columns have been added to the Written Agreement Status Report (Reports > MPCI Reporting > Written Agreement Status):

Production Report: This ticket made a couple of updates to the Production Report for all years:

NOTE: For the 2018+ RYs, the Record Type will not be populated due to the Record Type field being moved to the individual year within the APH user interface with TFS #70714 (which went out in the 6.025 release back in August). The form will be updated to populate Record Type for 2018+ in a future release.

Production Reporting Worksheet: This ticket made a few updates to the Production Reporting Worksheet for all years:

NOTE: If you print a pre-filled Production Reporting Worksheet for 2017 and prior that has the Record Type keyed for the unit, the Record Type that prints is the numeric code not the alpha code, which is correct per the design. For 2018+, the Record Type will not be populated due to the Record Type field being moved to the individual year within the APH user interface with TFS #70714 (which went out in the 6.025 release back in August). The form will be updated to populate Record Type for 2018+ in a future release. Also, the asterisks for the Other label for the field will be updated to four asterisks in the 6.075 release with TFS #83477.

Production Report: A request was received to add a print option to the Production Report / Acreage Report that will allow users to print the Production Reporting Worksheet with the Production Report / Acreage Report. With this ticket, this update has been made for the Production Report / Acreage Report.

WFRP: Previously, when the WFRP Combo Form was selected to print with new WFRP policies, the Farm Op Report and History Report pages were receiving a Telerik error. The Farm Op Report and History Report pages have been updated for all Crop Years to print correctly with new WFRP policies.

NOTE: Only header data will print on the Market Animal and Nursery Inventory Report page. This page will print blank when the WFRP Combo is printed with a blank Report Style; otherwise, it will print pre-headed with the pre-headed and pre-filled report styles.

MPowerD SOI: A Schedule of Insurance (SOI) form was created to accommodate the new MPowerD product introduced in 2018. The base Watts Schedule of Insurance form was updated to accommodate MPowerD information and data. The form will be available to print from the following locations:

This data corresponds with the user interface; for example, if Market Price is "No" on the user interface, then it will display "No" on the form.

NOTE: TFS #83577 will add the Power of Attorney to the Private Product Schedule of Insurance.

There was an issue with Price Flex Prime where the Confirmation of Coverage was wrapping the Interval Data information. The Price Flex Prime interval information will now display stacked on the Confirmation of Coverage.

A 2018 Special Provisions update was made available by RMA on 11/30/2017 and has been implemented in the System.

An ICE 2014 update was made by RMA and has been implemented in the System. The following table has been updated for 2014:

An ICE 2015 update was made by RMA and has been implemented in the System. The following table has been updated for 2015:

An ICE 2016 update was made by RMA and has been implemented in the System. The following table has been updated for 2016:

An ICE 2018 update was made by RMA and has been implemented in the System. The following tables have been updated for 2018:

An ICE 2014 update was made by RMA and has been implemented in the System. The following table has been updated for 2014:

An ICE 2015 update was made by RMA and has been implemented in the System. The following table has been updated for 2015:

An ICE 2016 update was made by RMA and has been implemented in the System. The following table has been updated for 2016:

An ICE 2017 update was made by RMA and has been implemented in the System. The following table has been updated for 2017:

An ICE 2018 update was made by RMA and has been implemented in the System. The following tables have been updated for 2018:

An ICE 2014 update was made by RMA and has been implemented in the System. The following table has been updated for 2014:

An ICE 2015 update was made by RMA and has been implemented in the System. The following table has been updated for 2015:

An ICE 2016 update was made by RMA and has been implemented in the System. The following table has been updated for 2016:

An ICE 2017 update was made by RMA and has been implemented in the System. The following table has been updated for 2017:

An ICE 2017 update was made by RMA and has been implemented in the System. The following table has been updated for 2017:

Functionality was added to store the Map Based Schedule of Insurance (SOI), Map Based Acreage Report (MBAR), and Map Book on the Attachments tab of the policy.

An enhancement has been made to Mapping to add an AutoShade Tool. The AutoShade tool will automatically create a color shading/pattern for each unique combination of Crop/Type/Practice/Variety available on the planting records for the field.

For fields that have only Crop/Type/Practice planting combinations, the System will use solid color shading. For fields that also include a variety, the System will assign a pattern to the color combination.

NOTE: There is a reported issue in the AutoShade Legend where the acres are the Total Acres for the crop combination versus the acres of the crop on the printed page. TFS #83492 has been created to address this.

Fast Edit AR: During internal testing, a small bug around prevented plant was found in Fast Edit PR. If the user was keying acres directly on the Fast Edit AR grid (vs. in the CLU grid), the PP checkbox displayed and could be selected for crops for which PP was not applicable. The PP checkbox in Fast Edit AR has been updated to only display for crops for which PP is applicable.

Fast Edit AR & PR: Previously, there was no display of an original sign date when a revised sign date was applied. There are original and revised sign dates in the tables that store both dates, but the signature maintenance didn't have a display for the benefit of the user. This ticket added a read-only display of the original sign date, if one exists, above the date field where the user can add a revised sign date (insured and agent). This has been applied to both the Fast Edit PR and Fast Edit AR pages.

WFRP: AIPs have indicated that their agencies' business processes around Whole Farm Revenue Protection (WFRP) policies include maintaining APH production history data even if the WFRP does not have any actual underlying MPCI policies. Given this, AIPs have requested a way to track APH data within the System similar to how APH data is tracked on MPCI policies for WFRP policies that do not have an underlying MPCI policy.

Given the amount of re-design that would be required in order to provide this functionality directly on WFRP policies, it was decided to have users use the MPCI quote functionality to set up coverages with detail lines and APHs in order to track APH data and print any necessary forms. The majority of the MPCI quote functionality that exists in the System today will work for tracking APH data for WFRP policies that do not have underlying MPCI policies. The only change that is required is to roll quotes that have been set up for tracking of APH data only. By design, MPCI quotes currently only roll if a Private Products policy is associated with the quote. TFS #81935 has been set up to account for updating the roll logic to roll MPCI quotes set up for APH tracking purposes only.

For the roll logic to be able to determine which quotes have been set up for APH tracking purposes only, a Quote for APH Tracking checkbox was added to the Add New MPCI Quote page and the grower tab of MPCI Quotes to allow users to flag the quote as set up for APH tracking only. In addition, logic to remove the flag when the quote is converted to a policy was also added.

WFRP: Beginning in the 2018 Reinsurance Year (RY), RMA has updated the base history period for WFRP policies. The base history period is the tax years for which the grower must provide allowable revenue and allowable expenses to qualify for a WFRP policy. Prior to the 2018 RY, the base history period was always the current RY-6 through the current RY-2. For example, a 2018 RY WFRP policy would have a base history period of 2012-2016.

To more closely align with late fiscal year tax filer’s tax years, RMA is changing the base history period for late fiscal year tax filers for the 2018+ RYs. Rather than using the standard current RY-6 through the current RY-2, late fiscal year policies will now utilize a base history period of the current RY-7 through the current RY-3. For example, a 2018 policy with a late fiscal tax year will have a base history period of 2011-2015. The base history period for calendar year and early fiscal year tax filers remains unchanged.

From a System perspective, the base history period is the years that display on the Income & Expense Record. To account for the changes released by RMA for 2018, the logic that determines which years to display was updated. The tax years that display on the Income & Expense Record for WFRP policies have been updated for late fiscal year tax filers. The current RY-7 through the current RY-3 will now display for late fiscal year filers. For example, a 2018 policy with a late fiscal tax year will have a base history period of 2011-2015. The standard tax year logic will still apply to calendar year and early fiscal year tax filers and a 2018 policy with a calendar or early fiscal tax year will have a base history period of 2012-2016.

NOTE: For existing 2018 WFRP policies with a late fiscal year, users will need to re-save the Income & Expense Record to see the updated tax history period. AIPs have been informed of this and instructed to run a policy register to find their 2018 WFRP policies with a late fiscal year and re-save the Income & Expense record. Adjustments may also be required to the revenue and expenses that apply to each year.

WFRP: Beginning in the 2018 Reinsurance Year (RY), RMA is implementing a limit on expected revenue from commodities purchased for resale on Whole Farm Revenue Protection (WFRP) policies. This limit is in addition to the existing limits around Nursery and Livestock products. At the Sales Closing Date (SCD), when the Intended Farm Operation Report is received, if commodities purchased for resale exceed 50% of total expected revenue, the grower does not qualify for a WFRP policy. If at the SCD the 50% limit is not exceeded but following changes on the Revised Farm Operation Report at acreage reporting the limit is exceeded, then the expected revenue from commodities purchased for resale will be limited to no more than the amount of expected revenue for commodities produced on the farm/not purchased for resale. WFRP policy functionality will be updated to account for this new limit.

The following logic has been implemented to assist AIPs in determining if the grower qualifies for a WFRP at SCD and to actually cap the expected revenue if the limit is exceeded on the Revised Farm Operation Report:

In 2015, when WFRP replaced AGR/AGR Lite, it was decided to leave the option to add AGR/AGR Lite policies. There were two reasons for this: 1) there are edits in place to prevent users from adding a policy after 2014 so it was not causing any issues; and 2) in the event an AIP needed to create a policy due to a compliance issue, it was thought it would be helpful to still have the ability to create an AGR/AGR Lite policy.

Now that so much time has passed, the need to create a policy due to a compliance issue is no longer anticpated. Given this, the Add AGR/AGR-Lite policy option has been removed from the Add New Policy dropdown.

WFRP: A couple of issues were found on the Income/Expenses tab of WFRP coverages. The first issue had to deal with the formatting of dates keyed. Previously, the user was able to enter the Insured/Agent sign date with no slashes (112017) and press TAB and then the System would set the date with slashes (11/20/2017). It was found that the System was no longer re-formatting the date in this manner. If the user tried to save, the System got hung up. The second issue had to do with the calendar icons no longer being located by the signature date fields. TFS #68414 moved the placement of the Signature Date fields from the banner down to the bottom corner. When that change was made, the calendar icon was not put by the signature entry fields as expected.

With this ticket, the date formatting issue was corrected and the calendar icon was placed by the Signature Date entry fields. The changes made with this ticket are only applicable to the Income/Expenses tab on WFRP policies.

WFRP: During internal testing, a bug was identified on WFRP policies. When creating a new commodity, the System was duplicating the commodity and an existing commodity on the policy was removed. This bug was only occurring in a rare scenario. This bug has been resolved. The System is no longer duplicating new commodities or removing existing commodities when a new commodity is added.

Some fields on the MPowerD policy page were updated as spin offs of TFS #79865:

Production Hail: The Share in crop for Production Hail on the Schedule of Insurance was rounding to a whole percent. For example, if the MPCI policy had a 12.5% share, then the Production Hail policy displayed 13.0% on the Schedule of Insurance. This was a display-only issue; the calculation was correct.

An update was done to correct this display issue on the Production Hail Share % value to display as a whole percent amount. The update will now have the Share % display the same as the Share % on the linked MPCI policy.