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Product Management Bulletin-PM-18-064

Date
To
All Approved Insurance Providers
All Risk Management Agency Field Offices
All Other Interested Parties
From
Richard H. Flournoy, Deputy Administrator
Subject
2019 Crop Year Commodity Exchange Price Provisions (CEPP) – Peanuts Factors; January 31, 2019 Sales Closing Date

Background

The CEPP - Peanuts factors necessary to establish the insured’s amount of protection under the peanut program for the 2019 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 December 15, 2018 to January 14, 2019. These factors apply only to states with a Sales Closing Date (SCD) of January 31, 2019. They are determined in accordance with the Peanut Price Methodology guidelines published and available at /policy-procedure/general-policies/commodity-exchange-price-provisions.

Action

The factor values for peanuts in states and counties with a January 31, 2019 SCD as specified in the CEPP – Peanuts document for the 2019 crop year are shown below.

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

CommodityAbbreviationValue
WheatEwh-0.2619
CottonEct0.2442
Soybean OilEso0.8929
Soybean MealEsm-0.3232

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

VariableAbbreviationValue
Price ConstantC0.1520
Price Weighing FormulaW1.7788

The values for the type factors are:

TypeAbbreviationValue
RunnerTru1.00
SpanishTsp1.31
ValenciaTva1.05
VirginiaTvi1.05

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

CommodityAbbreviationValue
WheatGwh0.1134
CottonGct0.4437
Soybean OilGso-0.0376
Soybean MealGsm0.0032

The value for the volatility weighting factor is:

VariableAbbreviationValue
Volatility Weighting FactorV2.8265

DISPOSAL DATE:
December 31, 2019