The CEPP peanut factors necessary to establish the insured’s amount of protection under the peanut program for the 2018 CY are identified below. The factors are applied to the commodity prices for wheat, cotton, soybean oil, and soybean meal during the discovery period of January 15, 2018 to February 14, 2018. These factors apply only to states with a Sales Closing Date (SCD) of February 28, 2018. They are determined in accordance with the Peanut Price Methodology guidelines.

The factor values for the pricing of Yield Protection (01), Revenue Protection (02), and Revenue Protection with Harvest Price Exclusion (03) for peanuts in states and counties with a February 28, 2018 SCD as specified in the CEPP for the 2018 crop year are shown below.

The values for the exponent factors for each commodity exchange futures contract are:

Commodity	Abbreviation	Value
Wheat	Ewh	-0.2345
Cotton	Ect	0.3156
Soybean Oil	Eso	0.8031
Soybean Meal	Esm	-0.3768

The values for the price constant an price weighting factors are:

Variable	Abbreviation	Value
Price Constant	C	0.1676
Price Weighting Factor	W	0.9927

The values for the type factors are:

Type	Abbreviation	Value
Runner	Tru	1.00
Spanish	Tsp	1.31
Valencia	Tva	1.13
Virginia	Tvi	1.13

Additionally , the Factor specifications for commodities utilized to determine price volatility are as follows:

Commodity	Abbreviation	Value
Wheat	Gwh	-0.2345
Cotton	Gct	1.1547
Soybean Oil	Gso	0.4442
Soybean Meal	Gsm	-0.0701

The value for the volatility weighting factor is:

Variable	Abbreviation	Value
Volatility Weighting Factor	V	0.4401