INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM:    R&D-97-019
     
TO:      All Reinsured Companies
         All Risk Management Field Offices
         FSA Headquarters, Program Delivery and Field Operations -
         Information Only
     
FROM:    Tim B. Witt    /s/ Tim B. Witt   03/21/97
         Deputy Administrator     
              
SUBJECT: Crop Revenue Coverage (CRC) - Earliest Planting Date for 1997
         Spring-Seeded Crops
     
     
BACKGROUND:
     
It has been brought to our attention that in some counties the CRC
earliest planting date statement contained on the County Actuarial Table
Special Provisions of Insurance is incorrect. In some counties the
Multiple Peril Crop Insurance (MPCI) earliest planting date reflects 60
days prior to the final planting date while CRC reflects 30 days.  The
earliest planting date shown on the 1997 CRC County Actuarial Table
Special Provisions for spring-seeded crops should be the same as that
shown on the comparable 1997 MPCI crops for the particular county.  We
believe this discrepancy may only exist in certain counties in Nebraska.
     
ACTION:
     
The MPCI earliest planting date shown on the County Actuarial Table
Special Provisions of Insurance, will also be applicable as the CRC
earliest planting date for each specific county in which the CRC and MPCI
earliest planting dates differ.
     
Reinsured Companies will not experience any processing difficulties as a
result of this discrepancy.