INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM:    R&D-97-021
          
TO:      All Reinsured Companies
         All Risk Management Field Offices 
         FSA Headquarters, Program Delivery and Field Operations
     
FROM:    Tim B. Witt              /S/ TIM B.  WITT 03/25/97
         Acting Deputy Administrator
     
SUBJECT: 1996 Group Risk Plan Final Payments
     
Attached are the final payment yields and factors for 1996 Group Risk
Plan corn, grain sorghum, soybeans, and wheat.  Final payment yields have
also been incorporated into the Actuarial Data Master.  These payment
yields and factors do not apply to Catastrophic Risk Protection for 1996. 
for Farm Service Agency offices, these yields and factors are for
informational purposes only.
     
Attachment - BULLETIN AND COMPLETE ATTACHMENT WILL BE MAILED