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PM-20-003: 2020 Crop Year (CY) Common Crop Insurance Policy and Margin Protection Projected Prices and Volatility Factors

Date
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 1/15/2020
Subject
2020 Crop Year (CY) Common Crop Insurance Policy and Margin Protection Projected Prices and Volatility Factors

Common Crop Insurance Policy 1

The 2020 CY projected prices shown below are approved for the Yield Protection, Revenue Protection and Revenue Protection with Harvest Price Exclusion plans of insurance. The 2020 CY volatility factors shown below are approved for the Revenue Protection and Revenue Protection with Harvest Price Exclusion plans of insurance. The projected prices and volatility factors apply to policies with a January 31 sales closing date and are applicable for the crops, types, practices and states indicated below:

Crop/Type/Practice/StateExchangeContractProjected PriceVolatility Factor
Corn
Texas
CBOTSeptember
Corn
$4.00/bu.0.15
Corn – Organic Practice 2
Texas
CBOTSeptember
Corn
$8.94/bu.0.15
Cotton
Texas
ICEDecember
Cotton
$0.71/lb.0.13
Cotton – Organic Practice 2
Texas
ICEDecember
Cotton
$1.09/lb.0.13
Grain Sorghum
Texas
CBOTSeptember
Corn
$3.80/bu.0.15
Grain Sorghum – Organic Practice 2
Texas
CBOTSeptember
Corn
$8.34/bu.0.15
Peanuts – Runner Type
Texas
CBOT/ICEDecember
Wheat, Cotton, Soybean Oil & Soybean Meal
$0.2095/lb0.09
Peanuts – Spanish Type
Texas
CBOT/ICEDecember
Wheat, Cotton, Soybean Oil & Soybean Meal
$0.2786/lb.0.09
Rice – Long Grain Type
Texas
CBOTSeptember
Rice
$0.120/lb.0.14
Rice – Medium & Short Grain Types
Texas
CBOTSeptember
Rice
$0.127/lb.0.14
Rice – Long Grain Type; Organic Practice
Texas
CBOTSeptember
Rice
$0.161/lb.0.14
Rice – Medium & Short Grain Types; Organic Practice
Texas
CBOTSeptember
Rice
$0.170/lb.0.14
Soybeans
Texas
CBOTNovember
Soybeans
$9.71/bu.0.12
Soybeans – Organic Practice
Texas
CBOTNovember
Soybeans
Not available. 3
Sunflowers – Oil Type 
Texas
CBOTJuly
Soybean Oil
$0.185/lb.0.11
Sunflowers – Oil Type; Organic Practice
Texas
 July
Soybean Oil
$0.331/lb.0.11
Sunflowers – Confectionery Type
Texas
CBOTJuly
Soybean Oil
$0.248/lb.0.11
Sunflowers – Confectionery Type; Organic Practice
Texas
CBOTJuly
Soybean Oil
$0.331/lb.0.11

1 Projected Prices and Volatility Factors are applicable for the Supplemental Coverage Option (SCO).

2 For the 2020 CY, organic coverage is not available in all counties covered by the January 31 sales closing date.

3 For the 2020 CY, organic coverage is not available for soybeans in counties covered by the January 31 sales closing date.

Margin Protection

The following 2020 CY margin projected prices and volatility factors are approved for the Margin Protection plan of insurance. The margin projected price is used in conjunction with projected input prices and the expected county yield to derive the expected margin (per acre), trigger margin (per acre) and liability. The expected margins for each crop/county are available at the following web page on RMA’s public website: aibpf-rma.fpac.usda.gov/apps/ActuarialInformationBrowser/CropCriteria.aspx.

Please see the following web page on RMA’s public website for program details: www.rma.usda.gov/about-crop-insurance/managing-farm-risk/insurance-plans.

DISPOSAL DATE
December 31, 2020