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Product Management Bulletin-PM-20-003

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 1/15/2020
Subject
2020 Crop Year (CY) Common Crop Insurance Policy and Margin Protection Projected Prices and Volatility Factors

Common Crop Insurance Policy 1

The 2020 CY projected prices shown below are approved for the Yield Protection, Revenue Protection and Revenue Protection with Harvest Price Exclusion plans of insurance. The 2020 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/StateExchangeContractProjected PriceVolatility Factor
Corn TexasCBOTSeptember Corn$4.00/bu.0.15
Corn – Organic Practice 2 TexasCBOTSeptember Corn$8.94/bu.0.15
Cotton TexasICEDecember Cotton$0.71/lb.0.13
Cotton – Organic Practice 2 TexasICEDecember Cotton$1.09/lb.0.13
Grain Sorghum TexasCBOTSeptember Corn$3.80/bu.0.15
Grain Sorghum – Organic Practice 2 TexasCBOTSeptember Corn$8.34/bu.0.15
Peanuts – Runner Type TexasCBOT/ICEDecember Wheat, Cotton, Soybean Oil & Soybean Meal$0.2095/lb0.09
Peanuts – Spanish Type TexasCBOT/ICEDecember Wheat, Cotton, Soybean Oil & Soybean Meal$0.2786/lb.0.09
Rice – Long Grain Type TexasCBOTSeptember Rice$0.120/lb.0.14
Rice – Medium & Short Grain Types TexasCBOTSeptember Rice$0.127/lb.0.14
Rice – Long Grain Type; Organic Practice TexasCBOTSeptember Rice$0.161/lb.0.14
Rice – Medium & Short Grain Types; Organic Practice TexasCBOTSeptember Rice$0.170/lb.0.14
Soybeans TexasCBOTNovember Soybeans$9.71/bu.0.12
Soybeans – Organic Practice TexasCBOTNovember SoybeansNot available. 3
Sunflowers – Oil Type TexasCBOTJuly Soybean Oil$0.185/lb.0.11
Sunflowers – Oil Type; Organic Practice Texas July Soybean Oil$0.331/lb.0.11
Sunflowers – Confectionery Type TexasCBOTJuly Soybean Oil$0.248/lb.0.11
Sunflowers – Confectionery Type; Organic Practice TexasCBOTJuly Soybean Oil$0.331/lb.0.11

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

2 For the 2020 CY, organic coverage is not available in all counties covered by the January 31 sales closing date.

3 For the 2020 CY, organic coverage is not available for soybeans in counties covered by the January 31 sales closing date.

Margin Protection

The following 2020 CY margin projected prices and volatility factors are approved for the Margin Protection plan of insurance. The margin projected price is used in conjunction with projected input prices and the expected county yield to derive the expected margin (per acre), trigger margin (per acre) and liability. The expected margins for each crop/county are available at the following web page on RMA’s public website: aibpf-rma.fpac.usda.gov/apps/ActuarialInformationBrowser/CropCriteria.aspx.

Please see the following web page on RMA’s public website for program details: www.rma.usda.gov/about-crop-insurance/managing-farm-risk/insurance-plans.

DISPOSAL DATE 
December 31, 2020