INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM: R&D-97-071
     
     
TO:      All Reinsured Companies
         All Risk Management Agency Field Offices
   
FROM:    Tim B. Witt      /s/ Tim B. Witt   09/26/97
         Deputy Administrator
     
SUBJECT: Actuarial Addendum - Corrections to the 1998 Irrigated Wheat 
         T-yield in Parmer County, Texas, and Nursery Rates in Texas
     
The Transitional yield (T-yield) for irrigated (002) wheat in Parmer
County, Texas, (48-369) is being increased to 50 bushels for both
multiple peril crop insurance (MPCI) and crop revenue coverage (CRC). 
The previously released irrigated T-yield of 37 bushels is in error and
will be corrected on the FCI-35 document and on the actuarial data
master (ADM).  The Actuarial Division will release this information on
the RO server.  This serves as an official addendum to the Parmer County
actuarial.  Companies, therefore, have the discretion to download and
distribute the corrected FCI-35 document.  The T-yields for wheat in
Parmer County will be reevaluated for the 1999 crop year.
     
Published nursery rates for 1998 in Texas exceed statutory allowable
limits.  Corrections are being made to the ADM and to the FCI-35 tables
and will be placed on the RO server reflecting rate decreases of
approximately 20 percent.
     
Companies are requested to provide this information to agents and field
representatives so they may provide accurate coverage and premium cost
information to producers concerning this coverage.