INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM:  MGR-96-034

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

FROM:    Kenneth D. Ackerman
         Acting Administrator

SUBJECT: 1996 Crop Year Acreage Reporting Dates for Limited, Additional, and
         Catastrophic Risk Protection Coverage for Multiple Spring Crops

BACKGROUND:

Bulletin MGR-95-007 issued on February 28, 1995 and MGR-95-007.1 issued on 
April 3, 1995, in part, allowed producers insuring multiple spring crops 
until the latest acreage reporting date for those crops to report their 
acreage.  This determination was applicable for limited, additional, and 
catastrophic risk protection policies for the 1995 crop year. 

ACTION:

For all 1996 crop year policies, producers who insure multiple SPRING crops 
shall be allowed to report their spring crop acreage until the latest acreage 
reporting date applicable for the SPRING crops insured, as defined in the 
Special Provisions for the county.