A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators has introduced legislation which would lift crop insurance restrictions on cover crop planting for livestock feed on land impacted by poor weather.
The Cover Crop Flexibility Act of 2021, introduced by Senate Ag Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow, a Michigan Democrat, and Republican Senator John Thune of South Dakota, eliminates the haying and grazing date for cover crops on prevented planting acres.
Thune says cover crops provide benefits to farmers and the environment.
