INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM:  R&D-96-002

TO:      All Reinsured Companies
         All Risk Management Field Offices
         FSA Headquarters, Program Delivery and Field Operations     
         
FROM:    Tim B. Witt         /s/ Tim B. Witt     1/5/96
         Director
         Research and Development Division
      
SUBJECT: Pilot Crop Insurance Program Announcement for Millet

The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) has received approval to offer 
a pilot crop insurance program for millet.  The millet pilot program will be 
an Actual Production History (APH) plan of multiple peril crop insurance 
(MPCI), offered for the 1996, 1997, and 1998 crop years.  The pilot program 
will be offered in the following states and counties:

     COLORADO      NEBRASKA       NORTH DAKOTA      SOUTH DAKOTA
     --------      --------       ------------      ------------
     Logan         Cheyenne       Dickey            Bennett
                   Deuel

Millet producers may sign up for catastrophic coverage through their 
insurance agent or the local Farm Service Agency (FSA) office.  Additional 
coverage is available through an approved crop insurance agent.  Coverage 
must be purchased before the March 15, 1996, sales closing date for the 1996 
crop year.  In the millet pilot program counties, linkage requirements to be 
eligible for certain other Department of Agriculture program benefits apply 
for millet as with any other insurable crop.

The crop provisions, actuarial information, training materials, and loss 
adjustment procedure will be provided in the near future.  If you have any 
questions about this pilot program, please contact Vondie O Conner at 
(816) 926-6343 or by fax at (816) 926-7343.