The USDA RMA Apiculture Rainfall Index (RI-API) pays automatically when rainfall in your grid falls below the historical index - no loss filing, unlike ELAP. What your agent needs from you is accurate colony counts by grid. The Rainfall insurance screen keeps your policies and produces that report from data you already log.
From Analytics -> Reports & exports, open "Rainfall insurance (RI-API)":
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Record your policy
Crop year, policy number, insurance provider (AIP), county, coverage level, productivity factor, colonies, and protection per colony. The screen shows your indicative protection before subsidy and premium.
Analytics
Reports & exports
Export ELAP as PDF
Export ELAP as CSV
Export hive count
CFIA filing-assist export
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Allocate index intervals
Spread your percent of value across the two-month windows you want covered - RMA requires the selected intervals to total exactly 100%, and the screen tracks your allocation as you go.
Analytics
Reports & exports
Export ELAP as PDF
Export ELAP as CSV
Export hive count
CFIA filing-assist export
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Check historical rainfall by interval
Per-grid history shows which intervals have historically run dry - useful when deciding where to weight coverage. The RMA Grid ID Locator opens right from the screen.
Analytics
Reports & exports
Export ELAP as PDF
Export ELAP as CSV
Export hive count
CFIA filing-assist export
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Review colonies by grid and interval
The app reconstructs where your colonies were, by RMA grid and interval, from your hive movement history - weighted by days in place, with partial-occupancy figures shown in bold.
Analytics
Reports & exports
Export ELAP as PDF
Export ELAP as CSV
Export hive count
CFIA filing-assist export
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Export the Report of Colonies
PDF or CSV, with total colonies, colonies by grid, and points of reference (apiary coordinates and grid IDs) - ready to hand to your crop-insurance agent.
Analytics
Reports & exports
Export ELAP as PDF
Export ELAP as CSV
Export hive count
CFIA filing-assist export
Note
RI-API measures rainfall in your grid, not your colonies - a bad year for the bees is not necessarily a payout year. Grid IDs are suggested from your apiary coordinates; confirm them against the RMA locator before filing.
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