INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM: R&D-97-029
     
TO:      All Reinsured Companies
         All Risk Management Field Offices
         FSA Headquarters, Program Delivery and Field Operations
     
FROM:    Tim B. Witt    /S/ TIM B.  WITT   04-10-97
         Deputy Administrator
     
SUBJECT: 1996 Group Risk Plan Final Payments
     
Attached are the final payment yields and factors for 1996 Group Risk
Plan forage production. Final payment yields have also been incorporated
into the Actuarial Data Master.  For Farm Service Agency offices, these
yields and factors are for informational purposes only.
         
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