The insurance agency selected shall represent, provide advice and technical assista.nce, and write and submit applications for and issue insurance policies for the Navajo Nation, NDOAg, DNE, and certain lessees and permittees utilizing Navajo Nation trust and fee lands for farmer, rancher, and livestock producer programs offered by the USDA for eligible Navajo Nation trust and fee lands within Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah. The insurance agency will also represent, provide advice and technical assistance, and submit applications for the Navajo Nation, NI)OAg, DXII, and certain lessees and permittees utilizing eligible Navajo Nation trust and fee lands situated within Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah in the USDA RMA PRF crop and drought insurance program for two (2) policy years, beginning 2025 through 2026. The insurance agency shall also review, analyze, and provide recommendations as to the selection of factors to be used in submitting a PRF application for optimal crop insurance coverage for the Navajo Nation and the issuance of the policy by the insurance agency, including Rainfall Index analysis using National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Climate Prediction tenter (NOAA CPC) data, Grid Locations, Intended Uses, Coverage Levels, Productivity Factors, Insurable Interests, Insiu’ed Acres, and Index Intervals: Percent of Value, and Producer insurance premium cost comparisons and alternatives. The NI)OAg and DXII. will select the two-month index intervals using historical grid ppt data The insurance agency shall represent the Navajo Nation by working under the NDOAg and DNR, utilizing standard practices in the agriculture insurance industry for insurance policies, and in submitting applications for participation in the other USDA farmer, rancher, and livestock producer eligible programs. The insurance agency agrees to keep all information confidential and will not disclose any information specified by the NT)OAg and the DNR, in whole or in part, or reveal any of the aforementioned confidential information to any persons whomsoever other than the NDOAg and the DNE, unless otherwise approved.
