BULLETIN NO.:  MGR-97-016.1 

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

FROM:     Kenneth D. Ackerman
          Administrator

SUBJECT:  Extension of the Sales Closing, Acreage Reporting, and the 
          Cancellation and Termination Dates for 1998 Florida Citrus Fruit 
          Insurance  

ISSUE:

Agents have requested additional time to explain the changes in the Florida 
citrus fruit crop insurance program to growers.  This would require
extending the sales closing, acreage reporting, and the cancellation and
termination dates for the 1998 crop year.  

BACKGROUND:

On April 18, 1997, Bulletin No. MGR-97-016 was issued to allow a thirty-day 
extension of the sales closing, acreage reporting, and the cancellation
and termination dates for the 1998 crop year.  Due to the changes in the
new Florida citrus fruit policy, such as changes to the maximum deductible,
the coverage levels, and rating structure, agents have requested additional 
time for 1998.  This would allow them to better explain the coverage and
rate changes to carryover insureds and to complete their sales efforts
with potential new insureds, with whom they previously had until
August 15 to complete sales efforts.

ACTION:

The sales closing, acreage reporting, and cancellation and termination dates 
for the Florida citrus fruit crop insurance program are extended to June
30, 1997, for the 1998 crop year only.