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Product Management Bulletin-PM-20-011

Date
To
All Approved Insurance Providers
All Risk Management Agency Field Offices
All Other Interested Parties
From
Richard H. Flournoy, Deputy Administrator John W. Underwood for 2/19/2020
Subject
2020 Crop Year (CY) Common Crop Insurance Policy, Area Risk Protection Insurance and Margin Protection Plan 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 with the 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 with the Harvest Price Exclusion. The projected prices and volatility factors apply to policies with a February 28 sales closing date, unless otherwise indicated, and are applicable for the crops, types, practices and states indicated below:

Crop/Type/Practice/StateExchangeContractProjected PriceVolatility Factor
Corn Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana & South CarolinaCBOTSeptember Corn$3.92/bushel0.14
Corn - Organic Practice Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana & South CarolinaCBOTSeptember Corn$8.76/bushel0.14
Corn Arkansas & MississippiCBOTDecember Corn$3.95/bushel0.13
Corn - Organic Practice Arkansas & MississippiCBOTDecember Corn$8.82/bushel0.13
1 Projected Prices and Volatility Factors are applicable for the Supplemental Coverage Option (SCO).

Common Crop Insurance Policy & Area Risk Protection Insurance 1

Crop/Type/Practice/StateExchangeContractProjected PriceVolatility Factor
Corn North CarolinaCBOTDecember Corn$3.95/bushel0.14
Corn - Organic Practice North CarolinaCBOTDecember Corn$8.82/bushel0.14
Corn Arizona, California & NevadaCBOTDecember Corn$3.95/bushel0.15
Corn - Organic Practice Arizona, California & NevadaCBOTDecember Corn$8.82/bushel0.15
Cotton All StatesICEDecember Cotton$0.70/pound0.13
Cotton – Organic Practice All StatesICEDecember Cotton$1.08/pound0.13
Grain Sorghum Alabama, Florida, Georgia & South CarolinaCBOTDecember Corn$3.75/bushel0.13
Grain Sorghum – Organic Practice Alabama, Florida, Georgia & South CarolinaCBOTDecember Corn$8.24/bushel0.13
Grain Sorghum Arkansas, Louisiana & MississippiCBOTDecember Corn$3.75/bushel0.14
Grain Sorghum – Organic Practice Arkansas, Louisiana & MississippiCBOTDecember Corn$8.24/bushel0.14
1 Projected Prices and Volatility Factors are applicable for the Supplemental Coverage Option (SCO) and Stacked Income Protection (STAX - cotton only).

Common Crop Insurance Policy & Area Risk Protection Insurance 1

Crop/Type/Practice/StateExchangeContractProjected PriceVolatility Factor
Grain Sorghum Arizona, California & North CarolinaCBOTDecember Corn$3.75/bushel0.15
Grain Sorghum – Organic Practice Arizona, California & North CarolinaCBOTDecember Corn$8.24/bushel0.15
Peanuts – Runner Type Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina & TexasCBOT/ ICEDecember Wheat, Cotton, Soybean Oil & Soybean Meal$0.1989/pound0.08
Peanuts – Spanish Type Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi & TexasCBOT/ ICEDecember Wheat, Cotton, Soybean Oil & Soybean Meal$0.2745/pound0.08
Peanuts – Virginia Type Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina & South CarolinaCBOT/ ICEDecember Wheat, Cotton, Soybean Oil & Soybean Meal$0.2168/pound0.08
Popcorn March 15 Sales Closing Date AlabamaCBOTSeptember Corn$0.1686/pound0.14
Popcorn – Organic Practice March 15 Sales Closing Date AlabamaCBOTSeptember Corn$0.2426/pound0.14
1 Projected Prices and Volatility Factors are applicable for the Supplemental Coverage Option (SCO).

Common Crop Insurance Policy & Area Risk Protection Insurance 1,2,3

Crop/Type/Practice/StateExchangeContractProjected PriceVolatility Factor
Rice – Long Grain Type LouisianaCBOTSeptember Rice$0.122/pound0.10
Rice – Long Grain Type; Organic Practice LouisianaCBOTSeptember Rice$0.163/pound0.10
Rice – Medium/Short Grain Types LouisianaCBOTSeptember Rice$0.149/pound0.10
Rice – Medium/Short Grain Types; Organic Practice LouisianaCBOTSeptember Rice$0.199/pound0.10
Rice – Long Grain Type Arkansas, Mississippi & TexasCBOTNovember Rice$0.121/pound0.13
Rice – Long Grain Type; Organic Practice Arkansas, Mississippi & TexasCBOTNovember Rice$0.162/pound0.13
Rice – Medium/Short Grain Types Arkansas, Mississippi & TexasCBOTNovember Rice$0.148/pound0.13
Rice – Medium/Short Grain Types; Organic Practice Arkansas, Mississippi & TexasCBOTNovember Rice$0.197/pound0.13
Rice – Long Grain Type California, Oklahoma & TennesseeCBOTNovember Rice$0.121/pound0.13
Rice – Long Grain Type; Organic Practice California, Oklahoma & TennesseeCBOTNovember Rice$0.162/pound0.13
1 Projected Prices and Volatility Factors are applicable for the Supplemental Coverage Option (SCO).
2 Beginning in the 2020 CY, Illinois and Missouri rice coverage under the Common Crop Insurance Policy is offered for the March 15 sales closing date. The projected prices and volatility factors will be announced in a later memorandum.
3 The long grain projected price (conventional practice) is used as the price election under the terms of the Hybrid Seed Rice Crop Provisions.

Common Crop Insurance Policy & Area Risk Protection Insurance 1,2

Crop/Type/Practice/StateExchangeContractProjected PriceVolatility Factor
Rice – Medium/Short Grain Types CaliforniaCBOTNovember Rice$0.202/pound0.13
Rice – Medium/Short Grain Types; Organic Practice CaliforniaCBOTNovember Rice$0.271/pound0.13
Rice – Medium/Short Grain Types Oklahoma & TennesseeCBOTNovember Rice$0.148/pound0.13
Rice – Medium/Short Grain Types; Organic Practice Oklahoma & TennesseeCBOTNovember Rice$0.197/pound0.13
Soybeans Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi & TexasCBOTNovember Soybeans$9.31/bushel0.12
Soybeans - Organic Practice Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi & TexasCBOTNovember Soybeans$18.30/bushel0.12
Soybeans Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina & South CarolinaCBOTJanuary (2021) Soybeans$9.36/bushel0.11
Soybeans - Organic Practice Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina & South CarolinaCBOTJanuary (2021) Soybeans$18.40/bushel0.11
1 Projected Prices and Volatility Factors are applicable the Supplemental Coverage Option (SCO).
2 Beginning in the 2020 CY, Illinois and Missouri rice coverage under the Common Crop Insurance Policy is offered for the March 15 sales closing date. The projected prices and volatility factors will be announced in a later memorandum.

Margin Protection Plan

Margin Protection Plan The following 2020 CY margin projected prices and volatility factors are approved for the Margin Protection Plan. 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

Crop/TypeExchangeContractMargin Projected PriceVolatility Factor
Rice – Long Grain Type & No Type Specified LouisianaCBOTSeptember Rice$0.122/pound0.10
Rice – Medium & Short Grain Types LouisianaCBOTSeptember Rice$0.149/pound0.10
Rice – Long Grain Type & No Type Specified Arkansas, Mississippi & TexasCBOTNovember Rice$0.121/pound0.13
Rice – Medium & Short Grain Types Arkansas, Mississippi & TexasCBOTNovember Rice$0.148/pound0.13
Rice – Long Grain Type & No Type Specified California & MissouriCBOTNovember Rice$0.121/pound0.13
Rice – Medium & Short Grain Types CaliforniaCBOTNovember Rice$0.202/pound0.13
Rice – Medium & Short Grain Types MissouriCBOTNovember Rice$0.148/pound0.13

DISPOSAL DATE 
December 31, 2020