PRODUCT MANAGEMENT BULLETIN: PM23-003




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Date

January 13, 2023

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    1/13/2023

Subject:

2023 Crop Year (CY) Commodity Exchange Price Provisions (CEPP) – Peanuts Factors: February 28, 2023, Sales Closing Date (SCD)
Background
The CEPP – Peanuts factors necessary to establish a producer’s amount of protection under the peanut program for the 2023 CY are identified below. The factors are applied to the commodity prices for wheat, cotton, soybean oil, and soybean meal during the discovery period of January 15, 2023, to February 14, 2023. These factors apply only to states with a SCD of February 28, 2023. They are determined in accordance with the Peanut Price Methodology guidelines published and available at rma.usda.gov/-/media/RMA/Policies/CEPP/2021/Commodity-Exchange-Price-Provisions---Peanuts-21-CEPP-PT.ashx
Action

The factor values for peanuts in states and counties with a February 28, 2023, SCD, as specified in the CEPP – Peanuts document for the 2023 crop year are shown below.

The values for the exponent factors for each commodity exchange futures contract are:

Commodity Abbreviation Value
Wheat
Ewh -0.1775
Cotton
Ect 0.2606
Soybean Oil
Eso 0.4458
Soybean Meal
Esm -0.0858
     

The values for the price constant and price weighting factors are:

Variable Abbreviation
Value
Price Constant
C 0.1373
Price Weighting Formula
W 0.4144
     

The values for the type factors are:

Type Abbreviation Value
Runner Tru 1.00
Spanish Tsp 1.79
Valencia
Tva 1.11
Virginia
Tvi 1.11
     

Additionally, the factor specifications for commodities utilized to determine price volatility are as follows:

Commodity
Abbreviation Value 
Wheat Gwh -0.0823
Cotton Gct 0.3196
Soybean Oil
Gso -0.1620
Soybean Meal
Gsm 0.2616
     

The value for the volatility weighting factor is:

Variable  Abbreviation Value
Volatility Weighting Factor
V 5.9856
     

DISPOSAL DATE:
December 31, 2023

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