INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM: R&D-99-013

TO:          All Reinsured Companies
             All Risk Management Field Offices

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

SUBJECT:      2000 Crop Year Underwriting Guidelines for the Mint Pilot Program

The Risk Management Agency (RMA) has placed on the RMA WebSite at: ftp://ftp.rma.usda.gov/pub/Policies/2000/pilot/, the underwriting guidelines that will be effective beginning the 2000 crop year for mint.

If you have any questions, please contact Vondie O'Conner, Research and Evaluation Division Director, at (816) 926-6343.

DISPOSAL DATE:

This Informational Memorandum is for the purpose of transmitting information and the expiration date is December 31, 1999.