PRODUCT MANAGEMENT BULLETIN: PM–17-002
United States Department of Agriculture
Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services
Risk Management Agency
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Stop 0801
Washington, DC 20250-0801
Date
January 18, 2017
To:
All Approved Insurance Providers
All Risk Management Agency Field Offices
All Other Interested Parties
All Risk Management Agency Field Offices
All Other Interested Parties
From:
Richard H. Flournoy, Deputy Administrator /s/ Richard H. Flournoy 1/18/2017
Subject:
2017 Crop Year (CY) Common Crop Insurance Policy and Margin Protection Projected Prices and Volatility Factors
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Common Crop Insurance Policy 1
The 2017 CY projected prices shown below are approved for the Yield Protection, Revenue Protection and Revenue Protection with Harvest Price Exclusion plans of insurance. The 2017 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/State
Exchange
Contract Projected
PriceVolatility
FactorCorn
TexasCBOT
September
Corn$3.75/bu.
0.18
Corn – Organic Practice
TexasCBOT September
Corn$8.58/bu. 0.18 Cotton
TexasICE December
Cotton$0.70/lb. 0.14
Cotton – Organic Practice
TexasICE December
Cotton$1.10/lb. 0.14 1 Projected Prices and Volatility Factors are applicable for Stacked Income Protection (STAX) and the Supplemental Coverage Option (SCO).
Common Crop Insurance Policy 1 Crop/Type/Practice/State Exchange Contract Projected Price Volatility Factor Grain Sorghum
TexasCBOT September
Corn$3.63/bu. 0.18 Grain Sorghum – Organic Practice
TexasCBOT September
Corn$5.34/bu. 0.18 Peanuts – Runner Type
TexasCBOT/ ICE December
Wheat, Cotton, Soybean Oil & Soybean Meal$0.1930/lb. 0.12 Peanuts – Spanish Type
TexasCBOT/ ICE December
Wheat, Cotton, Soybean Oil & Soybean Meal$0.2528/lb. 0.12 Rice – Long Grain Type & No Type Specified
TexasCBOT September
Rice$0.102/lb. 0.17 Rice – Medium & Short Grain Types
TexasCBOT September
Rice$0.116/lb. 0.17 Rice – Long Grain Type & No Type Specified; Organic Practice
TexasCBOT September
Rice$0.137/lb. 0.17 Rice – Medium & Short Grain Types; Organic Practice
TexasCBOT September
Rice$0.156/lb. 0.17 Soybeans
TexasCBOT November
Soybeans$9.99/bu. 0.15 Soybeans – Organic Practice
TexasCBOT November
Soybeans$20.12/bu. 0.15 Sunflowers – Oil Type
TexasCBOT July
Soybean Oil$0.190/lb. 0.12
Sunflowers – Oil Type; Organic Practice
TexasCBOT July
Soybean Oil$0.306/lb. 0.12 Sunflowers – Confectionary Type; All Practices
TexasCBOT July
Soybean Oil$0.280/lb. 0.12 1 Projected Prices and Volatility Factors are applicable for the Supplemental Coverage Option (SCO).
Margin Protection Plan
The following 2017 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: webapp.rma.usda.gov/apps/actuarialinformationbrowser/. Please see the following web page on RMA’s public website for program details: http://www.rma.usda.gov/policies/mp/index.htmlCrop/Type Exchange Contract
MarginProjected
PriceVolatility
FactorRice – Long Grain Type & No Type Specified
TexasCBOT September
Rice$0.102/pound 0.17 Rice – Medium & Short Grain Types
TexasCBOT September
Rice$0.116/pound 0.17
December 31, 2017