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Cover Crop Flexibility Act of 2021

USA117th CongressS-1458| Senate 
| Updated: 4/29/2021
John Thune

John Thune

Republican Senator

South Dakota

Cosponsors (5)
Robert P. Casey (Democratic)Mike Rounds (Republican)Debbie Stabenow (Democratic)Tina Smith (Democratic)Gary C. Peters (Democratic)

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Cover Crop Flexibility Act of 2021 This bill modifies the federal crop insurance program to address the planting of cover crops following prevented planting. Specifically, the bill allows a producer that is prevented from planting its first crop to plant a second crop and receive an indemnity equal to the full guarantee for the first crop if the second crop (1) is an approved cover crop, and (2) cannot be harvested for grain or other uses unrelated to livestock forage or conservation. Under current law, if a producer plants a second crop it can only get an indemnity worth at most 35% of the prevented planting guarantee for the first crop. For a producer planting a cover crop following prevented planting, the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) may provide separate prevented planting coverage factors that include preplanting costs and the cost of cover crop seed. Further, the FCIC must conduct research and development regarding a policy to insure crops on fields that regularly utilize cover crops, including research to examine the extent that cover crops reduce risks of prevented planting and other crop insurance losses.
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Bill from Previous Congress

S 116-3479
Cover Crop Flexibility Act of 2020
Apr 29, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Apr 29, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text: CR S2359-2360; Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2360)
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 116-3479
    Cover Crop Flexibility Act of 2020


  • April 29, 2021
    Introduced in Senate


  • April 29, 2021
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text: CR S2359-2360; Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2360)

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Cover Crop Flexibility Act of 2021

USA117th CongressS-1458| Senate 
| Updated: 4/29/2021
Cover Crop Flexibility Act of 2021 This bill modifies the federal crop insurance program to address the planting of cover crops following prevented planting. Specifically, the bill allows a producer that is prevented from planting its first crop to plant a second crop and receive an indemnity equal to the full guarantee for the first crop if the second crop (1) is an approved cover crop, and (2) cannot be harvested for grain or other uses unrelated to livestock forage or conservation. Under current law, if a producer plants a second crop it can only get an indemnity worth at most 35% of the prevented planting guarantee for the first crop. For a producer planting a cover crop following prevented planting, the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) may provide separate prevented planting coverage factors that include preplanting costs and the cost of cover crop seed. Further, the FCIC must conduct research and development regarding a policy to insure crops on fields that regularly utilize cover crops, including research to examine the extent that cover crops reduce risks of prevented planting and other crop insurance losses.
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Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

S 116-3479
Cover Crop Flexibility Act of 2020
Apr 29, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Apr 29, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text: CR S2359-2360; Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2360)
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 116-3479
    Cover Crop Flexibility Act of 2020


  • April 29, 2021
    Introduced in Senate


  • April 29, 2021
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text: CR S2359-2360; Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2360)
John Thune

John Thune

Republican Senator

South Dakota

Cosponsors (5)
Robert P. Casey (Democratic)Mike Rounds (Republican)Debbie Stabenow (Democratic)Tina Smith (Democratic)Gary C. Peters (Democratic)

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee

Agriculture and Food

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Agricultural conservation and pollutionAgricultural insuranceAgricultural practices and innovationsAgricultural researchCongressional oversightGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsLivestockNatural disastersResearch and development