INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM: R&D-97-067
               
TO:      All Reinsured Companies
         All Risk Management Agency Field Offices
         FSA Headquarters, Program Delivery and Field Operations
     
FROM:    Tim B. Witt       /s/ Tim B. Witt    09/11/97
         Deputy Administrator
     
SUBJECT: 1997 Support Prices for Peanuts
   
     
The 1997 support prices for peanuts are used in the claims process as
listed in Section 9 f. (2) of the peanut policy.  The 1996 support
prices for peanuts are shown below and have been released as part of the
Actuarial Data Master.
     
     
Type(s)                                  Support Price
                                         (Cents per Lb.)
     
     
Virginia (081)                           30.2
     
     
Runner (084)                             30.7
     
     
Spanish (082, 083)                       28.5
     
     
Valencia (085), suitable for cleaning    30.2 
    and roasting
    New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas
     
Valencia (085), Other States             28.5