INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM: R&D-96-041

TO:      All Reinsured Companies
         All Risk Management Agency Field Offices
         
FROM:    Tim B. Witt
         Director
         Research and Development Division

SUBJECT: Actuarial Release


BACKGROUND:

Requests have been made to notify customers when actuarial information has 
been released, and to produce an inventory of the specific county crop 
programs included in the release so that insurance providers can assure all 
documents are received.

ACTION:

Attached is a listing of the county crop programs for the 1997 crop year that 
are filed under the August 31 through October 31 contract change dates.  Also 
included under the August 31 contract change date is citrus crops for the 
1998 crop year in Arizona, California, and Texas.  Separate listings are 
provided for expansion counties and corrected county crop programs.  Please 
use these listings as a reference to determine the actuarial documents being 
sent to your office.  The actuarial materials noted above have been released 
electronically today, on the Reporting Organization (RO) Server. 

Expansion counties include canola in Idaho, Oregon and Georgia; wheat in 
South Dakota; and, blueberries in Maine.

Corrected actuarial includes Income Protection wheat in Kansas, Montana, and 
Washington, and Crop Revenue Coverage wheat in Kansas, Nebraska, Montana, 
Texas, and Washington.

Income Protection wheat -  The refiled materials for Income Protection wheat 
added program dates for winter and spring wheat types and centered the county 
yield spans.

Crop Revenue Coverage wheat - Actuarial materials are refiled to correct the 
short rate adjustment in applicable Kansas, Nebraska, and Texas counties and 
the final planting dates in applicable Kansas, Nebraska, Montana, and 
Washington counties.  The actuarial documents dated July 11, 1996, for 
Michigan and South Dakota are correct and  applicable for the 1997 crop year.  

For the above crop corrections, the earlier released actuarial document files 
and any printed documents from them should be discarded.  New actuarial 
documents dated August 12, 1996, have been placed on the RO Server for 
applicable counties in Kansas, Montana, and Washington for Income Protection 
wheat and in all Kansas, Nebraska, Montana, Texas, and Washington counties 
for Crop Revenue Coverage wheat.  These new documents supersede those dated 
July 11, 1996, and July 14, 1996.