March 23, 1999

INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM: R&D-99-012

TO:          All Reinsured Companies
             All Risk Management Field Offices

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

SUBJECT:     1998 Group Risk Plan Final Payments

The final payment yields for 1998 Group Risk Plan corn, grain sorghum, soybeans, and wheat have been determined. Final payment yields have been incorporated into the Actuarial Data Master and are also available on the RMA website under the FTP download/GRP subdirectory. These payment yields do not apply to Catastrophic Risk Protection coverage.

File Description                    File Name
1998 corn final yields              FNL98crn.zip
1998 grain sorghum final yields     FNL98sor.zip
1998 soybean final yields           FNL98soy.zip
1998 wheat final yields             FNL98wht.zip

If you have any questions, please contact Chris Aulbur at (816) 823-4378.