October 26, 1998
                   
INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM:  R&D-98-055

TO:      	All Reinsured Companies
  		All Risk Management Field Offices

FROM:    	Tim B. Witt                           /s/ Tim B. Witt
  		Deputy Administrator

SUBJECT: 	Nursery Crop Provisions for the 1999 Crop Year

The Risk Management Agency (RMA) has placed on the Reporting Organization (RO) Server the
nursery crop provisions reflecting recent technical corrections to the rule, that will be effective for
the 1999 and succeeding crop years.  A brief description of the significant changes has been
included for this document.  This information is also available on the RMA WebSite at:
http://www.act.fcic.usda.gov/actuarial/index.html under the FTP Download directory.  Policies in
PDF format are located in the MISC/PDFfiles directory.  Policies in WordPerfect format are
located in the MISC/WPDfiles directory.

If you have any questions, please contact David Clauser, Product Development Division at
(816) 926-7730.