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Product Management Bulletin-PM-15-006

Date
To
All Approved Insurance Providers
All Risk Management Agency Field Offices
All Other Interested Parties
From
Tim B. Witt, Deputy Administrator
Subject
2015 Crop Year Commodity Exchange Price Provisions – Peanuts (CEPP) Factors – March 15, 2015 Sales Closing Date

The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Board of Directors approved the CEPP for revenue peanuts beginning with the 2015 CY. The factors necessary to establish the insured’s amount of protection under the peanut program for the 2015 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 February 1, 2015 to February 28, 2015. These factors apply only to States with a Sales Closing Date (SCD) of March 15, 2015. They are determined in accordance with the Peanut Price Methodology guidelines published in November 2014.

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 March 15, 2015 SCD as specified in the CEPP for the 2015 crop year are shown below. The values for the exponent factors for each exchange commodity futures contract are:

Commodity Abbreviation Value
Wheat Ewh -0.2974
Cotton Ect 0.3072
Soybean Oil Eso 0.9704
Soybean Meal Esm -0.4297

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

Variable Abbreviation Value
Price Constant C 0.1514.
Price Weighting Formula W 4.1276

The values for the type factors are:

Type Abbreviation Value
Runner Tru 1.00
Spanish Tsp 1.33
Valencia Tva 1.16
Virginia Tvi 1.16

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

Commodity Abbreviation Value
Wheat Gwh -0.0647
Cotton Gct 0.5811
Soybean Oil Gso 0.0717
Soybean Meal Gsm -0.2271

The value for the volatility weighting factor is:

Variable Abbreviation Value
Volatility Weighting Factor V 3.0392

DISPOSAL DATE: December 31, 2015