PRODUCT MANAGEMENT BULLETIN: PM19-074




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Date

December 12, 2019

To:

All Approved Insurance Providers
All Risk Management Agency Field Offices
All Other Interested Parties

From:

Richard H. Flournoy, Deputy Administrator /s/ Richard H. Flournoy    12/12/2019

Subject:

2020 Crop Year Commodity Exchange Price Provisions (CEPP) – Peanuts Factors: January 31, 2020 Sales Closing Date
Background
The CEPP - Peanuts factors necessary to establish the insured’s amount of protection under the peanut program for the 2020 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 December 15, 2019 to January 14, 2020. These factors apply only to states with a Sales Closing Date (SCD) of January 31, 2020. They are determined in accordance with the Peanut Price Methodology guidelines published and available at www.rma.usda.gov/-/media/RMAweb/Policies/CEPP/2015/Commodity-Exchange-Price-Provisions---Peanuts-15-CEPP-PT.ashx.
Action

The factor values for peanuts in states and counties with a January 31, 2020 SCD as specified in the CEPP – Peanuts document for the 2020 crop year are shown below.

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

Commodity Abbreviation Value
Wheat πΈπ‘€β„Ž -0.2433
Cotton 𝐸𝑐t 0.2668
Soybean Oil 𝐸𝑠o 0.8144
Soybean Meal 𝐸sm -0.2420
     

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

Variable Abbreviation Value
Price Constant 𝐢 0.1580
Price Weighting Formula π‘Š 0.8110
     

The values for the type factors are:

Type Abbreviation Value
Runner π‘‡π‘Ÿu
1.00
Spanish 𝑇𝑠p
1.33
Valencia 𝑇𝑣a
1.06
Virginia 𝑇𝑣I
1.06
     

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

Commodity Abbreviation Value
Wheat πΊπ‘€β„Ž
0.1827
Cotton 𝐺ct 0.5192
Soybean Oil 𝐺so -0.2267
Soybean Meal 𝐺sm 0.4439
     

The value for the volatility weighting factor is:

Variable Abbreviation Value
Volatility Weighting Factor V 0.7664
     

 

DISPOSAL DATE:
December 31, 2020

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