BULLETIN NO.: MGR-97-006

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

FROM:    Kenneth D. Ackerman
         Acting Administrator

SUBJECT: Wheat Special Provisions Statement in Certain South Dakota Counties
        
BACKGROUND:

The Special Provisions of Insurance for wheat in South Dakota counties with 
both winter and spring final planting dates contain a statement that requires 
broadcast winter wheat to have an adequate stand in the spring to be insurable.  
This requirement for an adequate stand in the spring would negate any winter 
coverage an insured person would be eligible for under the terms of the Winter 
Wheat Coverage Endorsement.  Producers electing this endorsement paid additional 
premium for winter protection.  The crop insurance industry in South Dakota 
believed this statement applied only to broadcast wheat that was not 
incorporated into the soil (as stated in the small grains crop provisions).  
Therefore, optional winter coverage was sold to insureds who normally broadcast 
wheat.

ACTION:

The following Special Provisions statement is NOT applicable for the 1997 crop 
year in South Dakota counties with both winter and spring final planting dates.

    "Broadcast wheat will not be insured unless the acreage has an adequate 
    stand in the spring to produce the yield used to determine the production 
    guarantee.  Insurance will then attach to acreage having an adequate stand 
    on the earlier of the spring final planting date or the date we agree in 
    writing to accept the acreage for insurance."