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* An incorrect version of BULLETIN NO.: MGR-96-037 was issued               *
* June 21, 1996. This BULLETIN NO.: MGR-96-037.1 replaces MGR-96-037.       *
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BULLETIN NO.:  MGR-96-037.1                                              

TO:             All Reinsured Companies
                All Risk Management Field Offices
                FSA Headquarters, Program Delivery and Field Operations

FROM:           Kenneth D. Ackerman
                Acting Administrator
                
SUBJECT:        Insuring Grain Sorghum on Failed Wheat Acreage in Kansas, 
                Colorado, and Oklahoma for the 1996 Crop Year Only


BACKGROUND:

Dry conditions in many areas of Kansas, Colorado, and Oklahoma have resulted 
in failed wheat acres.  Conservation plans for highly erodible land in this 
area require producers to leave plant residue on the soil surface.  Producers 
have left failed wheat standing for erosion control and have indicated they
want to insure crops planted on failed acreage if they receive moisture.

Current grain sorghum special provisions in Kansas, Colorado, and Oklahoma 
state that grain sorghum will not be insurable on non-irrigated acreage, if 
it is planted following another crop which has reached the heading stage 
and/or that has been harvested in the same calendar year.  The special 
provision creates the following inequity: 1) producers with wheat appraising 
"zero" will immediately be eligible for insurance on a subsequent grain 
sorghum crop; 2) producers who summer fallowed their acreage would be 
eligible for insurance on a subsequent grain sorghum crop even though the 
acreage may have vegetation which could have affected soil moisture 
reserve; however, 3) producers with wheat in the headed and/or unheaded 
stage appraising greater than "zero" who followed required conservation plans 
and left any wheat standing would be considered ineligible for insurance on 
a subsequent grain sorghum crop.

ACTION:

Effective for the 1996 crop year only, the above grain sorghum special 
provision statement for counties in Kansas, Colorado, and Oklahoma will be 
changed to, "Crops will not be insurable on non-irrigated acreage, if they 
are planted following another crop that has been harvested in the same 
calender year."  In counties where both NFAC and FAC practices are provided, 
grain sorghum planted on failed wheat acres must be reported as FAC.