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Product Management Bulletin-PM-20-001

Date
To
All Approved Insurance Providers
All Risk Management Agency Field Offices
All Other Interested Parties
From
Richard H. Flournoy, Deputy Administrator
Subject
2020 Crop Year Commodity Exchange Price Provisions (CEPP) – Peanut Factors – February 28, 2020 Sales Closing Date

The CEPP peanut factors necessary to establish the insured’s amount of protection under the peanut program for the 2020 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, 2020 to February 14, 2020. These factors apply only to states with a Sales Closing Date (SCD) of February 28, 2020 and are determined in accordance with the Peanut Price Methodology guidelines.

The factor values for the pricing of Yield Protection (01), Revenue Protection (02), and Revenue Protection with Harvest Price Exclusion (03) for peanuts in states and counties with a February 28, 2020 SCD as specified in the CEPP - Peanut for the 2020 crop year are shown below. The values for the exponent factors for each commodity exchange futures contract are:

Commodity Abbreviation Value
Wheat ??ℎ -0.2452
Cotton ??t 0.2673
Soybean Oil ??o 0.8121
Soybean Meal ??m -0.2340

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

Variable Abbreviation Value
Price Constant C 0.1526
Price Weighting Factor W 0.7410

The values for the type factors are:

Type Abbreviation Value
Runner ??u 1.00
Spanish Tsp 1.38
Valencia Tva 1.09
Virginia Tvi 1.09

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

Commodity Abbreviation Value
Wheat Gwh 0.1736
Cotton Gct 0.5186
Soybean Oil Gso -0.2065
Soybean Meal Gsm 0.4055

The value for the volatility weighting factor is:

Variable Abbreviation Value
Volatility Weighting Factor ? 0.8431

DISPOSAL DATE: December 31, 2020