PRODUCT MANAGEMENT BULLETIN: PM19-012




1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Stop 0801
Washington, DC  20250-0801

Date

February 15, 2019

To:

All Approved Insurance Providers
All Risk Management Agency Field Offices
All Other Interested Parties

From:

Richard H. Flournoy, Deputy Administrator /s/ Richard H. Flournoy    2/15/2019

Subject:

2019 Crop Year (CY) Common Crop Insurance Policy, Area Risk Protection Insurance and Margin Protection Plan Projected Prices and Volatility Factors
Common Crop Insurance Policy & Area Risk Protection Insurance

The 2019 CY projected prices shown below are approved for the following plans of insurance: Yield Protection, Area Yield Protection, Revenue Protection, Area Revenue Protection, Revenue Protection with Harvest Price Exclusion, and Area Revenue Protection with the Harvest Price Exclusion. The 2019 CY volatility factors shown below are approved for the following plans of insurance: Revenue Protection, Area Revenue Protection, Revenue Protection with Harvest Price Exclusion, and Area Revenue Protection with the Harvest Price Exclusion. The projected prices and volatility factors apply to policies with a February 28 sales closing date, unless otherwise indicated, and are applicable for the crops, types, practices and states indicated below:

 

Crop/Type Exchange Contract Margin Projected Price Volatility Factor
Corn
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana & South Carolina
CBOT September Corn  $3.97/bushel  0.14
Corn- Organic Practice
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana & South Carolina
CBOT September Corn  $9.15/bushel  0.14
Corn
Arkansas & Mississippi
CBOT December Corn  $4.01/bushel  0.13

Corn- Organic Practice
Arkansas & Mississippi

CBOT December Corn  $9.24/bushel  0.13
Corn
North Carolina
CBOT December Corn  $4.01/bushel  0.14

Corn- Organic Practice
North Carolina

CBOT December Corn  $9.24/bushel  0.14
Corn
Arizona, California & Nevada
CBOT December Corn  $4.01/bushel  0.14
Corn- Organic Practice
Arizona, California & Nevada
CBOT December Corn  $9.24/bushel  0.14

Cotton
All States

ICE December Cotton  $0.74/pound  0.14
Cotton - Organic Practice
All States
ICE December Cotton  $1.16/pound  0.14
Grain Sorghum
Alabama, Florida, Georgia & South Carolina
CBOT December Corn  $3.95/bushel  0.13
Grain Sorghum – Organic Practice
Alabama, Florida, Georgia & South Carolina
CBOT December Corn  $8.36/bushel 0.13
Grain Sorghum
Arkansas, Louisiana & Mississippi
CBOT December Corn  $3.95/bushel 0.14
Grain Sorghum – Organic Practice
Arkansas, Louisiana & Mississippi
CBOT December Corn  $8.36/bushel 0.14 
Grain Sorghum
Arizona, California & North Carolina
CBOT December Corn  $3.95/bushel 0.14  
Grain Sorghum – Organic Practice
Arizona, California & North Carolina
CBOT December Corn  $8.36/bushel 0.14 
Peanuts – Runner Type
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina,
South Carolina & Texas
CBOT/ICE December Wheat, Cotton,
Soybean Oil & Soybean Meal
 $0.2084/pound 0.11 
Peanuts – Spanish Type
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi & Texas
CBOT/ICE December Wheat, Cotton,
Soybean Oil & Soybean Meal
 $0.2729/pound 0.11 
Peanuts – Virginia Type
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina & South Carolina
CBOT/ICE December Wheat, Cotton,
Soybean Oil & Soybean Meal
 $0.2209/pound 0.11 
Popcorn
March 15 Sales Closing Date
Alabama
CBOT September Corn  $0.1707/pound 0.14 
Popcorn – Organic Practice
March 15 Sales Closing Date
Alabama
CBOT September Corn  $0.2457/pound 0.14 
Rice – Long Grain Type3
Louisiana
CBOT  September Rice  $0.108/pound 0.11

Rice – Long Grain Type; Organic Practice
Louisiana

CBOT  September Rice  $0.145/pound 0.11 
Rice – Medium/Short Grain Types
Louisiana
CBOT  September Rice  $0.114/pound 0.11 
Rice – Medium/Short Grain Types; Organic Practice
Louisiana
CBOT  September Rice  $0.153/pound 0.11 
Rice – Long Grain Type3
Arkansas, Mississippi & Texas
CBOT  September Rice2  $0.108/pound 0.11 
Rice – Long Grain Type; Organic Practice
Arkansas, Mississippi & Texas
CBOT  September Rice2  $0.145/pound 0.11 
Rice – Medium/Short Grain Types
Arkansas, Mississippi & Texas
CBOT  September Rice2  $0.114/pound 0.11 
Rice – Medium/Short Grain Types; Organic Practice
Arkansas, Mississippi & Texas
CBOT  September Rice2  $0.153/pound 0.11
Rice – Long Grain Type
California, Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma & Tennessee
CBOT  September Rice2  $0.108/pound 0.12 
Rice – Long Grain Type; Organic Practice
California, Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma & Tennessee
CBOT  September Rice2  $0.145/pound 0.12 
Rice – Medium/Short Grain Types
California
CBOT September Rice  $0.157/pound 0.12
Rice – Medium/Short Grain Types; Organic Practice
California
CBOT September Rice  $0.210/pound  0.12
Rice – Medium/Short Grain Types
Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma & Tennessee
CBOT September Rice2   $0.114/pound  0.12
Rice – Medium/Short Grain Types; Organic Practice
Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma & Tennessee
CBOT September Rice2   $0.153/pound 0.12
Soybeans
Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi & Texas
CBOT November Soybeans  $9.55/bushel 0.13
Soybeans - Organic Practice
Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi & Texas
CBOT November Soybeans  $19.07/bushel 0.13
Soybeans
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina & South Carolina
CBOT January(2020)
Soybeans
 $9.65/bushel 0.13
Soybeans - Organic Practice
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina & South Carolina
CBOT January(2020)
Soybeans
 $19.27/bushel 0.13

 

1 Projected Prices and Volatility Factors are applicable for the Supplemental Coverage Option (SCO) and Stacked Income Protection (STAX - cotton only).
2 In accordance with the Commodity Exchange Price Provisions (CEPP), the CBOT September rice contract is used to derive the projected rice prices since the November contract lacks sufficient volume and open interest activity.
3 The long grain projected price (conventional practice) is used as the price election under the terms of the Hybrid Seed Rice Crop Provisions.

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The Margin Protection Plan

The following 2019 CY margin projected prices and volatility factors are approved for the Margin Protection Plan. The margin projected price is used in conjunction with projected input prices and the expected county yield to derive the expected margin (per acre), trigger margin (per acre) and liability. The expected margins for each crop/county are available at the following web page on RMA’s public website: https://webapp.rma.usda.gov/apps/actuarialinformationbrowser/

Please see the following web page on RMA’s public website for program details:
https://www.rma.usda.gov/en/Policy-and-Procedure/Insurance-Plans/Margin-Protection-for-Corn-Rice-Soybeans-and-Wheat

 

Crop/Type Exchange Contract Margin Projected Price Volatility Factor
 Rice – Long Grain Type & No Type Specified
Louisiana
 CBOT  September Rice  $0.108/pound  0.11
 Rice – Medium & Short Grain Types
Louisiana
 CBOT  September Rice  $0.114/pound  0.11
 Rice – Long Grain Type & No Type Specified
Arkansas, Mississippi & Texas
 CBOT  September Rice1  $0.108/pound  0.11
 Rice – Medium & Short Grain Types
Arkansas, Mississippi & Texas
 CBOT  September Rice1  $0.114/pound  0.11
 Rice – Long Grain Type & No Type Specified
California and Missouri
 CBOT  September Rice1  $0.108/pound  0.12

Rice – Medium & Short Grain Types
California

 CBOT  September Rice1  $0.157/pound  0.12
 Rice – Medium & Short Grain Types
 Missouri
 CBOT  September Rice1  $0.114/pound  0.12

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1 In accordance with the Margin Price Provisions (MPP), the CBOT September rice contract is used to derive the projected rice prices since the November contract lacks sufficient volume and open interest activity.
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