BULLETIN NO.: MGR-96-013

TO:      All Reinsured Companies
         All Risk Management Field Offices
         FSA Headquarters, Program Delivery and Field Operations

FROM:    Kenneth D. Ackerman
         Deputy Administrator

SUBJECT: Distributing ASCS-423's, Report of Farm Bases/Yields/Planted Acreage


BACKGROUND:

Reinsured companies are requesting ASCS-423's, Report of Farm 
Bases/Yields/Planted Acreage for 1996.  As the 1996 Farm Bill has not been 
enacted, the Farm Service Agency (FSA) cannot provide this information.

ACTION:

When a reinsured company requests an ASCS-423, the FSA local office will 
provide the company with a copy of the 1995 ASCS-423.  If the producer does 
not have a yield established in the county, the FSA local office will:

     1)   establish a yield, for Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) 
          purposes only, using similar farms to establish the yield

     2)   forward the established yields to the requesting company using a 
          letter labeled FOR FCIC PURPOSES ONLY.

Any information sent out on a 1996 ASCS-423 is invalid.