PRODUCT MANAGEMENT BULLETIN: PM–19-006
United States Department of Agriculture
Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services
Risk Management Agency
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Stop 0801
Washington, DC 20250-0801
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All Risk Management Agency Field Offices
All Other Interested Parties
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- Background
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The CEPP peanut factors necessary to establish the insured’s amount of protection under the peanut program for the 2019 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, 2019, to February 28, 2019. These factors apply only to states with a Sales Closing Date (SCD) of March 15, 2019 and are determined in accordance with the Peanut Price Methodology guidelines.
- Action
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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, 2019, SCD as specified in the CEPP - Peanut for the 2019 crop year are shown below.
The values for the exponent factors for each commodity exchange futures contract are:
Commodity Abbreviation Value Wheat 𝐸wh -0.2925 Cotton 𝐸ct 0.2099 Soybean Oil 𝐸so 0.9514 Soybean Meal 𝐸sm -0.3333 The values for the price constant and price weighting factors are:
Variable Abbreviation Value Price Constant C 0.1510 Price Weighting Factor W 1.4476 The values for the type factors are:
Type Abbreviation Value Runner Tru 1.00 Spanish Tsp 1.31 Valencia Tva 1.07 Virginia Tvi 1.07 Additionally, the factor specifications for commodities utilized to determine price volatility are as follows:
Commodity Abbreviation Value Wheat 𝐺𝑤ℎ 0.0551 Cotton 𝐺ct 0.4727 Soybean Oil 𝐺so -0.0068 Soybean Meal 𝐺sm -0.0291 The value for the volatility weighting factor is:
Variable Abbreviation Value Volatility Weighting Factor V 3.1717