Base Price Modifier (BPM)
The Base Price Modifier (BPM) policy allows growers the opportunity to supplement their price election selected on the applicable underlying eligible plan of insurance. The price election selected at the time of application will not increase regardless of changes to the underlying MPCI policy.
The BPM policy begins paying the supplemental amount per unit of measure when a covered production loss occurs and the production-to-count is less than the MPCI production guarantee based on the unit structure elected for the BPM policy. Optional Unit structure may be selected on the policy if the underlying MPCI policy is Basic Units or Enterprise Units. This election must be made on the application.
BPM is a private insurance policy that is buy-up coverage of RP, YP, or RP-HPE for corn, soybeans, and wheat, and APH for California tree nuts.