INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM:  R&D-95-035

TO:       All Reinsured Companies
          CFSA Headquarters, Program Delivery Field Operations
          All Risk Management Field Offices     
          
FROM:     Tim B. Witt
          Acting Director
          Research and Development Division
          
SUBJECT:  Claim Entries for "Stage" and "Final Use"
          Involving Prevented Planting Acreage

ISSUE:

Revised claim entry instructions for the "Final Use" column.

DISCUSSION:

Informational Memorandum R&D-95-033, dated July 3, 1995, provides
revised claim form entry instructions for the "Stage" column when
there is prevented planting acreage.  Instructions for the "Final
Use" column in the applicable crop handbooks also need to be
revised.  Since these procedures are applicable only for the 1995
crop year, the crop handbooks issued for the 1995 crop year will not
be updated with this information.

ACTION:

For the 1995 crop year only:  In lieu of crop handbook instructions
for using "Stage" codes "PT" or "NP" and the "Final Use" code "PP"
when there is prevented planting acreage, use the following
instructions:

"Stage"  Enter the code that indicates the actual use of the
prevented planting acreage; i.e., P1, P2, P3, or P4 as defined and
instructed in Informational Memorandum: R&D-95-033.

NOTE:  If the verified actual use of the prevented planting acreage
differs from the intended use codes for the prevented planting
acreage shown on the acreage report, the acreage report must be
revised accordingly.

"Final Use"  If the line entry for "Stage" is P1, P2, or P4, enter
the same code for "Final Use;" i.e., if the line entry for "Stage"
is P1, then the line entry for "Final Use" is also P1.  However, if
the line entry for "Stage" is P3 (acreage planted to the insured
crop after the end of the late planting period), enter for "Final
Use" one of the appropriate "Final Use" codes found in the crop
handbook for the planted acreage; i.e., "H," "UH," etc.  NOTE:  A
"P3" stage code also requires appropriate production to count
entries in the proper columns of the claim form, which will be used
for APH purposes.