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Eastern Kansas Soybeans Coverage

Learn more about the new crop insurance changes for 2021.

Double-Crop Soybeans Crop Insurance

Beginning in 2021, 29 new counties in eastern Kansas qualify for double-crop soybean crop insurance. Previously, this insurance was available (without a written agreement) only in Cherokee, Crawford, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho and Wilson counties.

Risk Management Agency (RMA) has removed the “Non-irrigated” and “Irrigated” practices and replaced them with:

  • Not Following Another Crop-Nonirrigated (NFAC-NI),
  • Not Following Another Crop-Irrigated (NFAC-IRR),
  • Following Another Crop-Nonirrigated (FAC-NI),
  • Following Another Crop-Irrigated (FAC-IRR)

FAC is a planted crop following:

  • A perennial hay crop that was harvested in the same calendar year; or
  • A crop (other than a cover crop) that has reached the headed or budded stage prior to termination, regardless of the percentage of plants that reached the headed or budded stage.

NFAC is defined as a planted crop not following:

  • A perennial hay crop that was harvested in the same calendar year; and
  • A crop (other than a cover crop) that has reached the headed or budded stage prior to termination, regardless of the percentage of plants that reached the headed or budded stage.
  • NOTE: Termination means growth has ended. A crop that follows a cover crop that meets the criteria outlined in the Insurance Availability section of the Special Provision is considered NFAC.

Not only available but required

Producers who have NFAC soybeans insured in these counties also must insure FAC soybeans in the county; there is no option to make the FAC soybeans uninsurable (unless planted after the Late Plant Period for soybeans in the county). Yields will be based on the farm’s reported yields; a T-yield will apply for those who don’t have farm records.

Eastern Kansas Counties Qualifying for Double-Crop Insurance by Practice

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