INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM: R&D-97-068  
     
TO:       All Reinsured Companies
          All Risk Management Field Offices
               
FROM:     Tim B. Witt       /s/ Roberta E. Waggoner 09/11/97
          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 Minneapolis Grain
Exchange (MGE) and the Portland Grain Exchange (PGE).  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 MGE and PGE
price factors, as shown below.
       
                  Grain             Price Factors
                  Exchange       Low            High
   
                  MGE            0.228          0.225
                  PGE            0.342          0.311
     
This information must be provided for CRC Wheat to all applicable agents
prior to the sales closing date.