November 9, 1998

INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM: R&D-98-060
     
TO:       All Reinsured Companies
          All Risk Management Agency Field Offices

FROM:     Tim B. Witt         /s/ Roberta E.  Waggoner (for)
          Deputy Administrator

SUBJECT:  1998 Revenue Assurance (RA) Price Announcements for Soybeans

                        Revenue Assurance

The 1998 county harvest prices for Revenue Assurance (RA) Soybeans in Iowa, 
as defined in the RA Corn and Soybean Crop Provisions, are listed below.

County     $ per Bu. County    $ per Bu. County          $ per Bu.


Adair                  4.89      Franklin         4.92      Montgomery              4.88
Adams                  4.85      Fremont          4.87      Muscatine               5.06 
Allamakee              4.98      Greene           4.90      O'Brien                 4.87
Appanoose              4.89      Grundy           4.89      Osceola                 4.81
Audubon                4.88      Guthrie          4.90      Page                    4.83
Benton                 4.98      Hamilton         4.90      Palo Alto               4.89
Black Hawk             4.93      Hancock          4.88      Plymouth                4.84
Boone                  4.93      Hardin           4.94      Pocahontas              4.87
Bremer                 4.91      Harrison         4.85      Polk                    5.02
Buchanan               4.97      Henry            5.01      E Pottawattamie         4.86
Buena Vista            4.87      Howard           4.90      W Pottawattamie         4.95
Butler                 4.91      Humboldt         4.89      Poweshiek               4.93
Calhoun                4.88      Ida              4.84      Ringgold                4.91
Carroll                4.91      Iowa             4.96      Sac                     4.86
Cass                   4.86      Jackson          5.06      Scott                   5.06
Cedar                  5.03      Jasper           4.94      Shelby                  4.86
Cerro Gordo            4.92      Jefferson        5.00      Sioux                   4.82
Cherokee               4.87      Johnson          4.99      Story                   4.93
Chickasaw              4.89      Jones            4.99      Tama                    4.93
Clarke                 4.86      Keokuk           4.93      Taylor                  4.90
Clay                   4.85      Kossuth          4.89      Union                   4.92
Clayton                5.02      Lee              5.07      Van Buren               5.01
Clinton                5.06      Linn             5.05      Wapello                 4.95
Crawford               4.84      Louisa           5.06      Warren                  4.91
Dallas                 4.93      Lucas            4.86      Washington              4.97
Davis                  4.97      Lyon             4.81      Wayne                   4.87
Decatur                4.86      Madison          4.91      Webster                 4.88
Delaware               5.01      Mahaska          4.91      Winnebago               4.88
Des Moines             5.06      Marion           4.91      Winneshiek              4.93
Dickinson              4.84      Marshall         4.91      Woodbury                4.90
Dubuque                5.06      Mills            4.84      Worth                   4.88
Emmet                  4.84      Mitchell         4.90      Wright                  4.91
Fayette                4.93      Monona           4.86
Floyd                  4.90      Monroe           4.90