PRODUCT MANAGEMENT BULLETIN: PM21-074




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Date

December 13, 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    12/13/2021

Subject:

2022 Crop Year (CY) Commodity Exchange Price Provisions (CEPP) – Peanuts Factors: January 31, 2022 Sales Closing Date
Background
The CEPP - Peanuts factors necessary to establish the insured’s amount of protection under the peanut program for the 2022 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, 2021 to January 14, 2022. These factors apply only to states with a Sales Closing Date (SCD) of January 31, 2022. 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 January 31, 2022 SCD as specified in the CEPP – Peanuts document for the 2022 crop year are shown below.

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

Commodity Abbreviation Value
Wheat Ewh -0.1421
Cotton Ect 0.2909
Soybean Oil Eso 0.3955
Soybean Meal Esm -0.1051
     

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

Variable Abbreviation Value
Price Constant C 0.1631
Price Weighting Formula W 0.2504
     

The values for the type factors are:

Type Abbreviation Value
Runner Tru 1.00
Spanish Tsp 1.70
Valencia Tva 1.19
Virginia Tvi 1.19
     

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

Commodity Abbreviation Value
Wheat Gwh -0.1384
Cotton Gct 0.4803
Soybean Oil Gso 0.2020
Soybean Meal Gsm -0.1401
     

The value for the volatility weighting factor is:

Variable Abbreviation Value
Volatility Weighting Factor V 5.3339
     
DISPOSAL DATE:
December 31, 2022
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