Mealey's (August 8, 2018, 1:20 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Aug. 7 affirmed that farmers were permitted to exclude historical data for a federally reinsured crop year, even though the Federal Crop Insurance Corp. (FCIC) had not completed its data compilation (Michael Adkins, et al. v. Steven C. Silverman, et al., No. 17-10759, 5th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 21961)....