INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM: R&D-96-077
          
     TO:         All Reinsured Companies
                 All Risk Management Field Offices
                 FSA Headquarters, Program Delivery & Field Operations
     
     FROM:       Tim B. Witt
                 Acting Deputy Administrator
     
     SUBJECT:    1996 Group Risk Plan Preliminary Payments
     
     
     Please find attached preliminary payment yields and factors for 1996
     Group Risk Plan corn, grain sorghum, peanuts, and soybeans.  These
     payyment yields and factors do not apply to CAT for 1996. For FSA
     offices, these yields and factors are for informational purposes only.  
     Due to the areas of participation, no preliminary payments will be
     made on grain sorghum or peanuts.
     
     Attachment - NOTE: ENTIRE BULLETIN WITH ATTACHMENTS WILL BE MAILED