INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM:    R&D-97-046
     
TO:      All Reinsured Companies
         All Risk Management Field Offices
              
FROM:    Tim B. Witt      /s/ Tim B. Witt 06/27/97   
         Deputy Administrator
         
SUBJECT: Addendum - 1998 Actuarial Table (Special Provisions) 
    
In accordance with the 1998 Onion Crop Insurance Provisions "onion
production" and "damaged onion production" will be determined on a U.S.
No. 1 basis or other standards as contained in the Special Provisions
for storage type onions, and any applicable marketing order or other
standards contained in the Special Provisions for non-storage type
onions.  
     
The following information should be provided to all producers for the
applicable crops prior to the sales closing date.
     
The applicable standards for onions in the following states will apply
for the 1998 crop year:
     
    Oregon and Washington
       Non-Storage Type 205 Fall Planted Whites and Yellows --              
       U.S.Commercial Grade, under United States Standards of Onions Other  
    than Bermuda-Granex-Grano and Creole Types)
         
    Idaho, Oregon, and Washington
       Storage Types - 175 Spring Planted Reds, 185 Spring Planted Whites,  
       and 195 Spring Planted Yellows -- U. S. No. 1 Grade, under United     
    States Standards of Onions (Other Than Bermuda-Granex-Grano and     
    Creole Types)
     
    Georgia
       All Non-Storage Types -- U.S. No. 1 Grade based on the United States 
       Standards for Grades of Bermuda-Granex-Grano onions
     
The percent of damage referenced in section 13(d) of the Onion Crop
Provisions will be 50 percent for counties with a June 30, 1997,
actuarial filing for all onion types defined on the Special Provisions
for the 1998 crop year.