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Product Management Bulletin-PM-20-008

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 2/3/2020
Subject
2020 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 2020 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 2020 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/StateExchangeContract 2Projected PriceVolatility Factor
Corn TexasCBOTDecember Corn$4.00/bu.0.14
Corn - Organic Practice TexasCBOTDecember Corn$8.94/bu.0.14
Grain Sorghum TexasCBOTDecember Corn$3.80/bu.0.14
Grain Sorghum - Organic Practice TexasCBOTDecember Corn$8.34/bu.0.14
Rice - Long Grain Type FloridaCBOTSeptember 2 Rice$0.121/lb.0.13
Rice - Long Grain Type; Organic Practice FloridaCBOTSeptember Rice 2$0.162/lb.0.13
Rice - Medium & Short Grain Types FloridaCBOTSeptember Rice 2$0.148/lb.0.13
Rice - Medium & Short Grain Types; Organic Practice FloridaCBOTSeptember Rice 2$0.197/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, 2020