INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM: R&D-97-054  
     
TO:       All Reinsured Companies
          All Risk Management Field Offices
               
FROM:     Tim B. Witt        /s/ Tim B. Witt  07/16/97
          Deputy Administrator
                              
SUBJECT:  Addendum to the FCI-35 Actuarial Tables, 1998 Wheat Crop 
          Revenue Coverage - Price Factors
     
     
BACKGROUND:
     
For marketing purposes, Research and Development Informational
Memorandum: R&D-97-040 provided low and high price factor ESTIMATES for
Crop Revenue Coverage (CRC) Wheat based upon the Chicago Board of Trade
(CBOT) and the Kansas City Board of Trade (KCBOT).  The final 1998 high
and low price factors are now available for these commodity exchanges.   
     
     
ACTION:
     
This memorandum is issued as an addendum to the FCI-35 actuarial tables
for the purpose of announcing the APPROVED 1998 CRC Wheat CBOT and KCBOT
price factors, as shown below. 
     
                    Board of             Price Factors
                    Trade                Low       High
     
                    CBOT                0.302     0.295
                    KCBOT               0.304     0.316
     
This information must be provided for CRC Wheat to all applicable agents
prior to the sales closing date.