High Plains Ranch Version 3.0 Released

Version 3.0 of the Ag Survivor High Plains Ranch scenario has now been released and is available on the Ag Survivor website at

http://www.AgSurvivor.com/HighPlains.aspx

This update includes a major update to the Pasture, Rangeland, and Forage (PRF) Vegetation Index insurance component of the simulation. For the 2010 crop year, RMA changed the intervals that were available. High Plains Ranch version 3.0 reflects that change as well as updating vegetation index data, PRF premium rates, PRF indemnity calculations, and some Internet Explorer browser display issues that have developed since the release of High Plains Ranch version 2.0.

RMA recently announced further updates to PRF insurance for the 2011 crop year. Those updates will be incorporated into High Plains Ranch version 3.1 scheduled for release in August 2010.