PRODUCT MANAGEMENT BULLETIN: PM23-076




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Date

December 12, 2023

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    12/12/2023

Subject:

2024 Crop Year (CY) Commodity Exchange Price Provisions (CEPP) – Peanuts Factors: January 31, 2024, Sales Closing Date (SCD)
Background
The CEPP – Peanuts factors necessary to establish the insured’s amount of protection under the peanut program for the 2024 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 December 15, 2023, to January 14, 2024. These factors apply only to states with an SCD of January 31, 2024. They are determined in accordance with the Peanut Price Methodology guidelines published and available at rma.usda.gov/-/media/RMA/Policies/CEPP/2021/Commodity-Exchange-Price-Provisions---Peanuts-21-CEPP-PT.ashx.
Action

The factor values for peanuts in states and counties with a January 31, 2024, SCD, as specified in the CEPP – Peanuts document for the 2024 CY, are shown below.

The values for the exponent factors for each commodity exchange futures contract are:

 

Commodity Abbreviation Value
Wheat
πΈπ‘€β„Ž -0.1890
Cotton
𝐸𝑐t
0.4075
Soybean Oil
𝐸𝑠o
0.3660
Soybean Meal
𝐸𝑠m
-0.0812
     

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

 

Variable Abbreviation Value
Price Constant
𝐢 0.1371
Price Weighting Formula
π‘Š 0.4451
     

The values for the type factors are:

 

Type Abbreviation Value
Runner
π‘‡π‘Ÿu 1.00
Spanish
𝑇𝑠p 1.63
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
πΊπ‘€β„Ž -0.0920
Cotton
𝐺𝑐t 0.2943
Soybean Oil
𝐺𝑠o 0.2165
Soybean Meal
𝐺𝑠m 0.4592
     

The value for the volatility weighting factor is:

 

Variable
Abbreviation
Value
Volatility Weighting Factor
𝑉 3.9398
     

DISPOSAL DATE:
December 31, 2024

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