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Senate Leaders Urge USDA to Restore Prevented Plant Coverage

Published January 22, 2026

U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee leaders are pressing the Department of Agriculture to reinstate additional crop insurance coverage for acres that go unplanted due to adverse weather. Chairman John Boozman, Ranking Member Amy Klobuchar, and senior member John Hoeven led a…

Ending PP Buy-Up Undercuts Consistent Risk Management

Published December 6, 2025

Matt Perdue, who is seeking the presidency of the North Dakota Farmers Union, is disappointed in the USDA's decision to eliminate the prevented planting buy-up option. "One of the things that I was really concerned with in some of the…

PP Buy-up Option Eliminated

Published December 4, 2025

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…

ND Leads the Nation in PP Acres

Published August 13, 2024

North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota are the three states with the highest number of prevented planting acres this year. The Farm Service Agency reported 4.7 million PP acres nationwide. North Dakota reported 858,000 acres. South Dakota had over 571,000…

RMA Takes Input on PP Policies

Published June 7, 2023

The Risk Management Agency is seeking feedback to consider possible changes to prevented planting. "One is the harvest price option," said RMA Administrator Marcia Bunger. "Currently, with prevent plant the only price that is applicable is the spring price, but much…

Prevented Planting Reminders

Published May 26, 2023

Countryside Insurance Agency owner Jennifer Otteson says prevent plant acres should be lower than last year in the Red River Valley. That doesn't mean there aren't some wet spots. “As you go west out of the Valley and get more…

Feedback Sought on PP Coverage

Published May 24, 2023

USDA is seeking public input on possible changes to prevented plant coverage. Issues being addressed include changes to the Harvest Price Option, the ‘one-in-four’ rule and coverage for contract crop production. The Risk Management Agency will host a virtual listening…

RMA Announces Haying, Grazing Change for Cover Crops

Published July 7, 2021

USDA has announced farmers and ranchers with crop insurance nationwide can hay, graze or chop cover crops at any time and still receive 100 percent of the prevented planting payment. Previously, those cover crops couldn’t be used for hay or…

Bill Introduced for Penalty-Free Haying and Grazing

Published April 30, 2021

South Dakota Senator John Thune and Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow have reintroduced the Cover Crop Flexibility Act. This bill removes the prohibition on harvesting or grazing cover crops on prevented plant acres prior to November 1. Landowners would…

Preparing for the Season Ahead

Published March 8, 2021

There are reports of field activity beginning this past weekend in the region. Other farmers are fine-tuning plans for the busy season ahead. Corteva Agriscience Market Development Specialist Bridgette Readel encourages growers to work with retailers and have input supplies…

Articles tagged under: prevented planting

Senate Leaders Urge USDA to Restore Prevented Plant Coverage

Ending PP Buy-Up Undercuts Consistent Risk Management

PP Buy-up Option Eliminated

ND Leads the Nation in PP Acres

RMA Takes Input on PP Policies

Prevented Planting Reminders

Feedback Sought on PP Coverage

RMA Announces Haying, Grazing Change for Cover Crops

Bill Introduced for Penalty-Free Haying and Grazing

Preparing for the Season Ahead

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