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Product Management Bulletin-PM-19-008

Date
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 2/1/2019
Subject
2019 Crop Year (CY) Common Crop Insurance Policy and Area Risk Protection Insurance Projected Prices and Volatility Factors

Common Crop Insurance Policy & Area Risk Protection Insurance 1

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 - 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 - Harvest Price Exclusion. The projected prices and volatility factors apply to policies with a February 15 sales closing date and are applicable for the crops, types, practices and states indicated below:

Crop/Type/Practice/StateExchangeContractProjected
Price
Volatility
Factor
Corn
Texas
CBOTDecember
Corn
$4.02/bu.0.14
Corn - Organic Practice
Texas
CBOTDecember
Corn
$9.26/bu.0.14
Grain Sorghum
Texas
CBOTDecember
Corn
$3.96/bu.0.14
Grain Sorghum - Organic Practice
Texas
CBOTDecember
Corn
$8.38/bu.0.14

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

Crop/Type/Practice/StateExchangeContract 2Projected
Price
Volatility
Factor
RiceLong Grain Type
Florida
CBOTSeptember2
Rice
$0.109/lb.0.13
RiceLong Grain Type; Organic Practice
Florida
CBOTSeptember2
Rice
$0.146/lb.0.13
RiceMedium & Short Grain Types
Florida
CBOTSeptember2
Rice
$0.116/lb.0.13
RiceMedium & Short Grain Types; Organic Practice
Florida
CBOTSeptember2
Rice
$0.155/lb.0.13

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

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.

DISPOSAL DATE
December 31, 2019