The ability to buy-up prevented planting coverage will no longer be available. Beginning with the 2018 Farm Bill, farmers have had the option to increase prevented planting coverage by at least five percent. With the frequency of wet springs in the Prairie Pothole Region, PP has been used extensively in North Dakota, South Dakota and northwest Minnesota. The notice on the Federal Register said this buy-up is no longer needed due to ad-hoc payments that typically come from Congress.
