Overview
The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds agricultural producers that for the 2025 crop year there may be options for insuring double crop soybeans or grain sorghum and other crops in counties where the Following Another Crop (FAC) practice is not available.
- Producers intending to plant soybeans or grain sorghum after wheat and other fall seeded crops in counties where double crop insurance coverage is not available, may have the option to request coverage by applying for a written agreement through their crop insurance agent.
- In addition, producers in some areas of the country also have the option to request coverage for soybeans planted into wheat using a relay cropping practice, which is where a second-planted crop (“relay crop”) is planted (using a generally recognized seeding rate) into an established crop (other than a cover crop) where the crops are planted in a manner that allows separate agronomic maintenance and harvest of the crops.
Please see the attached resources below outlining the details of the initiative and requirements to apply for coverage.
Maps of Double Cropping Expansion
2025
2024
2023