PRODUCT MANAGEMENT BULLETIN: PM22-010




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Date

January 31, 2022

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,    1/31/2022

Subject:

2022 Crop Year (CY) Commodity Exchange Price Provisions (CEPP) – Peanut Factors – March 15, 2022, Sales Closing Date
Background
The CEPP peanut 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 February 1, 2022 to February 28, 2022. These factors apply only to states with a Sales Closing Date (SCD) of March 15, 2022. They are determined in accordance with the Peanut Price Methodology guidelines published and available at 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, 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
-0.1409
Cotton 𝐸𝑐t
0.2955
Soybean Oil 𝐸𝑠o
0.3980
Soybean Meal
𝐸𝑠m
-0.1064
     

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

Variable Abbreviation Value
Price Constant
𝐶
0.1595
Price Weighting Factor
𝑊
0.2439
     

The values for the type factors are:

Type Abbreviation Value
Runner
𝑇𝑟u
1.00
Spanish
𝑇𝑠p
1.82
Valencia
𝑇𝑣a
1.11
Virginia
𝑇𝑣i
1.11
     

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

Commodity Abbreviation Value
Wheat
𝐺𝑤ℎ
-0.0648
Cotton
𝐺𝑐t
0.4574
Soybean Oil
𝐺𝑠o
0.1427
Soybean Meal
𝐺𝑠m
-0.0908
     

The value for the volatility weighting factor is:

Variable Abbreviation Value
Volatility Weighting Factor
𝑉
4.5678
     

DISPOSAL DATE:
December 31, 2022

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