• Industrial Hemp Plant

Per Product Management Bulletin PM-24-075, changes have been made to the hemp crop insurance program under section 508(h) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act for the 2025 and succeeding crop years. The changes include the following:

  • Clarification that smoke damage is not a covered cause of loss; and
  • Soybeans were removed from the rotation requirement statement(s) for Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, New York, North Dakota, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, and Wisconsin to enable hemp to be insurable if planted following soybeans in these states.