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Product Management Bulletin-PM-15-009

Date
To
All Approved Insurance Providers
All Risk Management Agency Field Offices
All Other Interested Parties
From
Tim B. Witt, Deputy Administrator
Subject
2015 Crop Year (CY) Common Crop Insurance Policy and Area Risk Protection Insurance Projected Prices and Volatility Factors

Common Crop Insurance Policy & Area Risk Protection Insurance1

The 2015 CY projected prices shown below are approved for the Yield Protection, Area Yield Protection, Revenue Protection, Area Revenue Protection, Revenue Protection with Harvest Price Exclusion and Area Revenue Protection - Harvest Price Exclusion plans of insurance. The 2015 CY volatility factors shown below are approved for the Revenue Protection, Area Revenue Protection, Revenue Protection with Harvest Price Exclusion and Area Revenue Protection - Harvest Price Exclusion plans of insurance. 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/Practice/State Exchange Contract Projected Price Volatility Factor

Corn

Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, South Carolina

CBOT September Corn $4.05/bushel 0.19

Corn - Organic Practice

Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, South Carolina

CBOT September Corn $7.62/bushel 0.19

Corn

Arkansas, Mississippi

CBOT December Corn $4.13/bushel 0.18

Corn - Organic Practice

Arkansas, Mississippi

CBOT December Corn $7.77/bushel 0.18

Corn

North Carolina

CBOT December Corn $4.13/bushel 0.19

Corn - Organic Practice

North Carolina

CBOT December Corn $7.77/bushel 0.19

Corn

Arizona, California, Nevada

CBOT December Corn $4.13/bushel 0.20

Corn - Organic Practice

Arizona, California, Nevada

CBOT December Corn $7.77/bushel 0.20

Cotton

All States

ICE December Cotton $0.63/pound 0.16

Cotton - Organic Practice

All States

ICE December Cotton $1.18/pound 0.16

Grain Sorghum

Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina

CBOT December Corn $3.97/bushel 0.17

Grain Sorghum - Organic Practice

Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina

CBOT December Corn $6.08/bushel 0.17

Grain Sorghum

Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi

CBOT December Corn $3.97/bushel 0.17

Grain Sorghum - Organic Practice

Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi

CBOT December Corn $6.08/bushel 0.19

Grain Sorghum

Arizona, California, North Carolina

CBOT December Corn $3.97/bushel 0.20

Grain Sorghum - Organic Practice

Arizona, California, North Carolina

CBOT December Corn $6.08/bushel 0.20

Peanuts - Runner Type

Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas

CBOT / ICE

December Wheat, Cotton, Soybean Oil, Soybean Meal $0.2123/pound 0.08

Peanuts - Spanish Type

Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas

CBOT / ICE

December Wheat, Cotton, Soybean Oil, Soybean Meal $0.2824/pound 0.08

Peanuts - Virginia Type

Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina

CBOT / ICE December Wheat, Cotton, Soybean Oil, Soybean Meal $02463/pound 0.08

Popcorn

March 15 Sales Closing Date

Alabama

CBOT September Corn $0.1746/pound 0.19

Popcorn - Organic Practice

March 15 Sales Closing Date

Alabama

CBOT September Corn $0.2515/pound 0.19

Rice - Long Grain Type

Louisiana

CBOT September Rice* $0.110/pound* 0.00*

Rice - Medium/Short Grain Types

Louisiana

CBOT September Rice* $0.124/pound* 0.00*

Rice - Long Grain Type

Arkansas, California, Illinois, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas

CBOT November Rice* $0.112/pound* 0.00*

Rice - Medium/Short Grain Types

Arkansas, Illinois, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas

CBOT November Rice* $0.127/pound* 0.00*

Rice - Medium/Short Grain Types

California

CBOT November Rice* $0.151/pound* 0.00*

Soybeans

Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas

CBOT November Soybeans $9.62/bushel 0.16

Soybeans - Organic Practice

Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas

CBOT November Soybeans $16.78/bushel 0.16

Soybeans

Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina

CBOT January (2016) Soybeans $9.67/bushel 0.16

Soybeans - Organic Practice

Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina

CBOT January (2016) Soybeans $16.86/bushel 0.16

1 Projected Prices and Volatility Factors are applicable for Stacked Income Protection (STAX) for cotton only, and the Supplemental Coverage Option (SCO).

* Revenue protection coverage is not offered for rice counties with a February 28 sales closing date due to an insufficient number of full active trading days, as stipulated in the Commodity Exchange Price Provisions (CEPP) – Section 1 (http://www.rma.usda.gov/policies/2014/14cepp.pdf). Yield protection coverage is still available; revenue protection coverage plans of insurance have volatility set equal to zero and the harvest price set equal to the projected price. The projected price equals the average daily settlement price for either the CBOT 2015 September rice contract (Louisiana) or the CBOT 2015 November rice contract (all other states) for the period January 15, 2015 - February 14, 2015.

DISPOSAL DATE December 31, 2015