OMAHA (DTN) As farmers in parts of the Corn Belt see flooded spots across fields and hail damage from the stretch of intense storms over the past week, questions about crop insurance, revenue guarantees and possible second-crop options come into play for at least a short window, crop-insurance experts explain.
For most farmers carrying 80% revenue protection coverage on that crop that was already planted, the best advice would be to let the insurance policy go to work for you.
“When you get into late June and early July, just put the planter away and work with your crop-insurance agent or your adjuster,” said Steve Johnson a retired farm management specialist from Iowa State University who still counsels farmers on their insurance options. “If you’ve got crop insurance, and you’ve got the right coverage and products in place, you are not going to replant.”
The following ag leaders voice their support for the bill:
Darin Von Ruden, Wisconsin Farmers Union president. “Rising average temperatures, shifting precipitation patterns, changing growing seasons, and increasingly frequent and severe weather events are making it more difficult to grow food, feed, fuel and fiber. The effects of climate change are becoming clear across rural America, and the past few springs have been especially challenging for family farmers and ranchers. In many areas across Wisconsin, it has been too wet to put seeds in the ground, forcing many farmers to rely on prevented planting insurance coverage to make ends meet.
HOEVEN & BALDWIN INTRODUCE BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION TO ALLEVIATE FEED SHORTAGES
Devils Lake Journal
WASHINGTON – Senators John Hoeven (R-N.D.) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) have introduced the Feed Emergency Enhancement During Disasters with Cover Crops (FEEDD) Act, bipartisan legislation to provide farmers and ranchers additional flexibility to alleviate feed shortages in years with widespread excessive moisture, flooding or drought. Specifically, the bill would:
Create an emergency waiver authority for the Secretary of Agriculture to allow for haying, grazing or chopping of a cover crop on prevented plant acres before November 1 in the event of a feed shortage due to excessive moisture, flood or drought.
Feed Emergency Enhancement During Disasters with Cover Crops (FEEDD) Act, bipartisan legislation to provide farmers and ranchers with additional flexibility to alleviate feed shortages in years with widespread excessive moisture, flooding or drought.
Specifically, the bill would:
Create an emergency waiver authority for the Secretary of Agriculture to allow for haying, grazing or chopping of a cover crop on prevented plant acres before November 1 in the event of a feed shortage due to excessive moisture, flood or drought.
Under this waiver, producers would not see a reduction of their crop insurance indemnity.
Direct the Secretary to establish regional haying and grazing dates for each crop year.
-The Hagstrom Report
Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee Chairwoman Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., and ranking member John Hoeven, R-N.D., on Tuesday introduced the Feed Emergency Enhancement During Disasters with Cover Crops (FEEDD) Act, bipartisan legislation to provide farmers and ranchers additional flexibility to alleviate feed shortages in years with widespread excessive moisture, flooding or drought.
Specifically, the bill would:
▪ Create an emergency waiver authority for the agriculture secretary to allow for haying, grazing or chopping of a cover crop on prevented plant acres before Nov. 1 in the event of a feed shortage due to excessive moisture, flood or drought.
▪ Under this waiver, producers would not see a reduction of their crop insurance indemnity.