INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM: R&D-97-085
   
TO:      All Reinsured Companies
         All Risk Management Agency Field Offices

FROM:    Tim B. Witt
         Deputy Administrator
         
SUBJECT: 1997 Income Protection and Crop Revenue Coverage Harvest Price
         Announcements for Cotton, Corn, and Grain Sorghum, and 1997 Revenue
         Assurance Harvest Price Announcement for Corn

                        Income Protection

The 1997 harvest prices for Income Protection (IP) Cotton, Corn, and Grain Sorghum, as defined
in the IP crop provisions, are as follows:

                      Cotton: $0.71 per pound
                      Corn: $2.76 per bushel
                      Grain Sorghum: $2.48 per bushel


                      Crop Revenue Coverage

The 1997 harvest prices for Crop Revenue Coverage (CRC) Cotton, Corn, and Grain Sorghum,
as defined in the CRC Commodity Exchange Endorsements, are as follows: 

                     Cotton: $0.68 per pound
                     Corn: $2.62 per bushel
                     Grain Sorghum: $2.48 per bushel


                        Revenue Assurance

The 1997 county harvest prices for Revenue Assurance (RA) Corn in Iowa, as defined in the RA
Corn and Soybeans crop provisions, are listed on the attached page.

Attachment







per


per


per


County
Bushel

County
Bushel

County
Bushel


ADAIR     
$2.30

FRANKLIN  
$2.32

MONROE    
$2.38


ADAMS     
$2.30

FREMONT   
$2.36

MONTGOMERY
$2.35


ALLAMAKEE 
$2.38

GREENE    
$2.34

MUSCATINE 
$2.48


APPANOOSE 
$2.33

GRUNDY    
$2.34

O BRIEN   
$2.29


AUDUBON   
$2.30

GUTHRIE   
$2.33

OSCEOLA   
$2.28


BENTON    
$2.40

HAMILTON  
$2.33

PAGE      
$2.32


BLACK HAWK
$2.37

HANCOCK   
$2.31

PALO ALTO 
$2.33


BOONE     
$2.35

HARDIN    
$2.35

PLYMOUTH  
$2.31


BREMER    
$2.36

HARRISON  
$2.34

POCAHONTAS
$2.33


BUCHANAN  
$2.40

HENRY     
$2.41

POLK      
$2.33


BUENA VIST
$2.32

HOWARD    
$2.34

E POTTAWATTAMIE
$2.37


BUTLER    
$2.34

HUMBOLDT  
$2.31

W POTTAWATTAMIE
$2.37


CALHOUN   
$2.33

IDA       
$2.29

POWESHIEK 
$2.36


CARROLL   
$2.35

IOWA      
$2.37

RINGGOLD  
$2.32


CASS      
$2.33

JACKSON   
$2.46

SAC       
$2.31


CEDAR     
$2.43

JASPER    
$2.34

SCOTT     
$2.48


CERRO GORDO
$2.34

JEFFERSON 
$2.41

SHELBY    
$2.34


CHEROKEE  
$2.31

JOHNSON   
$2.42

SIOUX     
$2.31


CHICKASAW 
$2.35

JONES     
$2.39

STORY     
$2.33


CLARKE    
$2.30

KEOKUK    
$2.38

TAMA      
$2.37


CLAY      
$2.31

KOSSUTH   
$2.31

TAYLOR    
$2.32


CLAYTON   
$2.41

LEE       
$2.45

UNION     
$2.34


CLINTON   
$2.48

LINN      
$2.43

VAN BUREN 
$2.41


CRAWFORD  
$2.34

LOUISA    
$2.44

WAPELLO   
$2.38


DALLAS    
$2.33

LUCAS     
$2.31

WARREN    
$2.30


DAVIS     
$2.38

LYON      
$2.28

WASHINGTON
$2.39


DECATUR   
$2.30

MADISON   
$2.32

WAYNE     
$2.33


DELAWARE  
$2.43

MAHASKA   
$2.36

WEBSTER   
$2.33


DES MOINES
$2.46

MARION    
$2.33

WINNEBAGO 
$2.30


DICKINSON 
$2.29

MARSHALL  
$2.35

WINNESHIEK
$2.35


DUBUQUE   
$2.46

MILLS     
$2.33

WOODBURY  
$2.36


EMMET     
$2.29

MITCHELL  
$2.34

WORTH     
$2.32


FAYETTE   
$2.37

MONONA    
$2.28

WRIGHT    
$2.33


FLOYD     
$2.38