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Product Management Bulletin-PM-15-004

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 Projected Prices and Volatility Factors

The 2015 CY projected prices shown below are approved for the Yield Protection, Revenue Protection and Revenue Protection with Harvest Price Exclusion plans of insurance. The 2015 CY volatility factors shown below are approved for the Revenue Protection and Revenue Protection with Harvest Price Exclusion plans of insurance. The projected prices and volatility factors apply to policies with a January 31 sales closing date and are applicable for the crops, types, practices, and states indicated below:

Crop/Type/Practice/State Exchange Contract Projected Price Volatility Factor

Corn

Texas

CBOT

September Corn

$4.22/bu. 0.20

Corn - Organic Practice

Texas

CBOT September Corn $7.94/bu. 0.20

Cotton

Texas

ICE December* Cotton $0.65/lb. 0.16

Cotton - Organic Practice

Texas

ICE December* Cotton $1.20/lb 0.16

Grain Sorghum

Texas

CBOT September Corn $4.06/bu. 0.20

Grain Sorghum - Organic Practice

Texas

CBOT September Corn $6.22/bu. 0.20

Peanuts - Runner Type

Texas

CBOT/

ICE

December Wheat,

Cotton, Soybean Oil &

Soybean Meal

$0.28/lb. 0.08

Peanuts - Spanish Type

Texas

CBOT/

ICE

December Wheat,

Cotton, Soybean Oil &

Soybean Meal

$0.22/lb. 0.08

Rice - Long Grain Type

Texas

CBOT September Rice $0.119/lb.** 0.00

Rice - Medium & Short Grain Type

Texas

CBOT September Rice $0.145/lb.** 0.00

Soybeans

Texas

CBOT November Soybeans $10.13/bu. 0.17

Soybeans - Organic Practice

Texas

CBOT November Soybeans $17.67/bu. 0.17

Sunflowers - Oil Type

Texas

CBOT July Soybean Oil $0.175/lb. 0.13

Sunflowers - Confectionary Type

Texas

CBOT July Soybean Oil $0.271/lb. 0.13

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

* Beginning in the 2015 CY, the ICE December cotton contract will be used to determine projected and harvest prices for Texas counties covered by the January 31 sales closing date (see http://www.rma.usda.gov/bulletins/pm/2014/14-050.pdf).

** Revenue protection coverage will not be offered for rice counties with a January 31, 2015 sales closing date in Texas due to insufficient 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 will still be available and revenue coverage plans of insurance will have the harvest price equal the projected price with zero volatility. The projected price equals the average daily settlement price for the CBOT 2015 September rice contract for the period December 15, 2014 through January 14, 2015.

DISPOSAL DATE: December 31, 2015