PRODUCT MANAGEMENT BULLETIN: PM21-005




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Date

January 28, 2021

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    1/28/2021

Subject:

2021 Crop Year (CY) Commodity Exchange Price Provisions (CEPP) – Peanut Factors – March 15, 2021 Sales Closing Date
Background
The CEPP peanut factors necessary to establish the insured’s amount of protection under the peanut program for the 2021 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 February 1, 2021 to February 28, 2021. These factors apply only to states with a Sales Closing Date (SCD) of March 15, 2021. They are determined in accordance with the Peanut Price Methodology guidelines published and available at https://rma.usda.gov/-/media/RMA/Policies/CEPP/2021/Commodity-Exchange-Price-Provisions---Peanuts-21-CEPP-PT.ashx
Action

The factor values for peanuts in states and counties with a March 15, 2021 SCD as specified in the CEPP – Peanuts document for the 2021 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
-0.2108
Cotton
𝐸𝑐t
0.3064
Soybean Oil
𝐸𝑠o
0.7177
Soybean Meal
𝐸𝑠m
-0.1939
     

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

Variable Abbreviation Value
Price Constant
𝐢
0.1599
Price Weighting Factor
π‘Š
0.4838
     

The values for the type factors are:

Type
Abbreviation Value
Runner
π‘‡π‘Ÿu
1.00
Spanish
𝑇𝑠p 1.63
Valencia 𝑇𝑣a 1.16
Virginia
𝑇𝑣i 1.16
     

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

Commodity Abbreviation Value
Wheat Gwh 0.1130
Cotton Gct 0.5934
Soybean Oil Gso -0.1016

Soybean Meal

Gsm 0.1065
     

The value for the volatility weighting factor is:

Variable Abbreviation Value
Volatility Weighting Factor
V 1.6541
     

DISPOSAL DATE:
December 31, 2021

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