November 27, 1998

INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM:  R&D-98-064

TO:      	All Reinsured Companies
    		All Risk Management Agency Field Offices

FROM:    	Tim B. Witt         /s/ Roberta E. Waggoner (for)
    		Deputy Administrator
    
SUBJECT: Group Risk Plan (GRP) Program Materials and Expansion Counties

The Risk Management Agency (RMA) has placed on the Reporting Organization (RO) Server the
Group Risk Plan (GRP) of insurance Basic Provisions (99-102) (Rev. 11/98) and Crop Provisions for
GRP-Corn (99-141), GRP-Cotton (99-121), GRP-Sorghum (99-151), GRP-Peanuts (99-175), and
GRP-Soybeans (99-181) effective for the 1999 crop year.  The Basic Provisions include a summary of
changes.  This information is also available on the RMA WebSite at:
http://www.act.fcic.usda.gov/actuarial/ftpdwnld.html under the Miscellaneous_Files directory.

The GRP pilot program has been expanded in the following crop, State, county combinations for the
1999 crop year:

Cotton            Castro, Dawson, Ellis, Falls, Fort Bend, Hill, Jackson, Matagorda, Milam, 
                  Navarro, Robertson, Taylor, Wharton, Wilbarger, and Williamson, Texas
Corn              Massac, Illinois; and St Clair, Michigan
Grain Sorghum     Anderson, Atchison, Cherokee, Edwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford, Gove, Graham, Grant, 
                  Gray, Greeley, Hamilton, Haskell, Hodgeman, Jackson, Kearny, Kingman, Kiowa, Lane, 
                  Logan, Meade, Morton, Ness, Ottawa, Pawnee, Pratt, Rawlins, Rook s, Rush, Russell, 
                  Saline, Scott, Seward, Sheridan, Stanton, Stevens, Sumner, Thomas, Trego, and Wichita,
                  Kansas
Rangeland         Big Horn, Blaine, Carter, Custer, Fallon, Glacier, Phillips, Powder River,
                  Roosevelt, Rosebud, Sheridan, and Valley counties, Montana
Soybeans          Calhoun, Carroll, Jo Daviess, and Stephenson, Illinois; Allamakee, Clayton,
                  Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson, and Winneshiek, Iowa; Hardin, Kentucky; and
                  Allegan, Huron, Isabella, Jackson, Kent, Lapeer, Livingston, Montcalm, Van
                  Buren, and Washtenaw, Michigan

If you have questions or need further assistance with the GRP product, please contact Research and
Evaluation Division at (816) 926-6343, or by FAX at (816) 926-7343.