Margin Coverage  Option provides area-based coverage against an unexpected decrease in operating margin (revenue minus input costs) caused by reduced county yields, reduced commodity prices, increased prices of certain inputs, or any combination of these perils. Because MCO is area-based (average for an area), it may not reflect your individual experience. It uses the same expected and final area yields, and harvest prices as Supplemental Coverage Option (SCO) and Enhanced Coverage Option (ECO) but covers a band from 90 percent (where SCO coverage triggers) up to 95 percent of expected crop value. Like SCO and ECO, MCO is based on your underlying policy plan of insurance. A payment may be made when the harvest margin for the county is lower than the trigger margin due to a decrease in revenue and/or an increase in input costs.

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