INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM: R&D-97-001

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

FROM:       Tim B. Witt     /s/ Tim B. Witt   01/13/97
            Acting Deputy Administrator

SUBJECT:    Addendum - 1997 Actuarial Table  (Special Provisions)         



This is an addendum to the 1997 Actuarial Table (Special Provisions).
This memorandum lists the changes in cotton price elections (as announced
in MGR-97-001) and the market price elections for corn, corn silage,
grain sorghum, hybrid corn seed, hybrid sorghum seed, and soybeans (as
announced in MGR-96-071).  The following information should be provided
to all producers for the applicable crops prior to the Sales Closing
Date.
     
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                                                     CAT     :   PRICE   :
CROP                                                PRICE    : ELECTION  : UNITS
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CORN
Grain
        Established Price                           $1.47       $2.45     Bushel
        Market Price                                $1.47       $2.45
Silage
        Established Price                           $10.02      $16.70     Ton
        Market Price                                $10.02      $16.70

COTTON-UPLAND

Southeast Region                                    $0.42       $0.70     Pound
        Al, FL, GA, NC,SC,VA and
        TN counties of Coffee, Franklin,
        Giles, Lawrence, Lincoln, Maury,
        and Rutherford.

South Central Region                                $0.42        $0.69    Pound
        AR, LA, MO, MS, TN-all other
        counties and Texas counties of 
        Aransas, Atascosa, Austin, Bee,
        Bexar, Brazoria, Brooks, Calhoun, 
        Cameron, Colorado, DeWitt, Dimmit, 
        Duval, Fort Bent, Frio, Goliad, Guadalupe, 
        Hidalgo, Jackson, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, 
        Karnes, Kinney, Kleberg, LaSalle, Lavaca, 
        Live Oak, Matagorda, Medina, Neuces, 
        Refugio, San Patricio, Starr, Uvalde, 
        Victoria, Waller, Washington, Webb, 
        Willacy, Wilson, Wharton, Zapata, Zavala.
     
Southwest Region                                    $0.41        $0.67  
        KS, OK, NM-counties of Curry, Lea, 
        Quay, and Roosevelt, and remaining 
        counties of TX not listed in the South 
        Central or Western Regions.
     
Western Region                                      $0.44        $0.72
        AZ, CA, NM-all other counties, and 
        TX counties of Culberson, El Paso, 
        Hudspeth, Pecos, Reeves, and Ward.
     
COTTON-ELS                                          $0.69        $1.15   Pound

GRAIN SORGHUM
      Established Price                             $1.38        $2.30   Bushel
      Market Price                                  $1.38        $2.30

HYBRID CORN SEED
      Established Price                             $1.47        $2.45   Bushel
      Market Price                                  $1.47        $2.45
     
HYBRID SORGHUM SEED                      
      Established Price                             $1.47        $2.45   Bushel
      Market Price                                  $1.47        $2.45

SOYBEANS
      Established Price                             $3.48        $5.80   Bushel
      Market Price                                  $3.69        $6.15