Prevented Planting

Prevented planting provisions in insurance policies can provide valuable coverage when extreme weather conditions prevent expected plantings. Producers should make planting decisions based on agronomically sound and well documented crop management practices.

Bulletins

2014

• Prevented Planting Insurance Period for Changes in Persons (Apr 15, 2014)

2013

• Prevented Planting Determinations and Documentation (Nov 18, 2013)
• Claims Advisory - Prevented Planting Determinations and Documentation (Jul 8, 2013)
• Allowing the Haying and Grazing of a Cover Crop Prior to the Late Planting Period or Final Planting Date (Apr 25, 2013)

2012

• 2012 and Succeeding Crop Years Prevented Planting Eligibility in the Prairie Pothole National Priority Area (Jul 12, 2012)

2011

• Claims Alert - Eligible Acreage for Prevented Planting (Jul 28, 2011)
• Claims Alert - Prevented Planting and Reduced Irrigation Water Allocations for Southwest Nebraska for 2011 Crop Year (Jun 14, 2011)
• Claims Alert - Prevented Planting and Reduced Irrigation Water Allocations for Southwest Nebraska for 2011 Crop Year (Jun 14, 2011)
• Prevented Planting Coverage for Crops Following a Cover Crop (Jun 9, 2011)
• Flooding of the Morganza Floodway and the Atchafalaya Basin (May 18, 2011)
• Flooding of the Birds Point-New Madrid Floodway (May 4, 2011)

2010

• Correction: Claims Advisory - Eligible Acreage for Prevented Planting (May 10, 2010)
• Claims Advisory - Eligible Acreage for Prevented Planting (May 4, 2010)

2009

• Claims Alert Prevented Planting and Reduced Irrigation Water Allocations for the San Carlos Irrigation and Drainage District effective for the 2009 Crop Year (Sep 11, 2009)
• Claims Advisory Farm Service Agency Acreage Reports and Prevented Planting Determinations (Jun 18, 2009)
• Prevented Planting Coverage and High Salinity Levels (Jun 4, 2009)
• Claims Advisory Prevented Planting Wheat Acreage after Soybeans (Jan 7, 2009)

2008

• Emergency Loss Procedures for Crops Damaged by Midwest Flooding and Excess Precipitation (Jul 15, 2008)

2006

• Prevented Planting Coverage and High Salinity Levels (Apr 24, 2006)

Fact Sheets

• Prevented Planting Insurance Provisions: Drought (Jul 2014) | Flood (Jul 2014)

Final Agency Determinations

• FAD-224: Regarding the interpretation of section 17(f)(8)of the Common Crop Insurance Policy Basic Provisions (Basic Provisions), published at 7 C.F.R. § 457.8.
• FAD-220: Regarding the interpretation of the section 1 definition of “prevented planting” and section 17(a)(1) of the Common Crop Insurance Policy Basic Provisions (Basic Provisions), published at 7 C.F.R. § 457.8.
• FAD-218: Regarding the interpretation of sections 17(f)(4) of the Common Crop Insurance Policy Basic Provisions (Basic Provisions), published at 7 C.F.R. § 457.8.
• FAD-217: Regarding the interpretation of sections 17(f)(8) of the Common Crop Insurance Policy Basic Provisions (Basic Provisions), published at 7 C.F.R. § 457.8.
• FAD-216: Regarding the interpretation of section 17(h) of the Common Crop Insurance Policy Basic Provisions (Basic Provisions), published at 7 C.F.R. § 457.8.
• FAD-214: Regarding the interpretation of section 17(e)(1)(i)(A) of the Common Crop Insurance Basic Provisions (Basic Provisions), published at 7 C.F.R. 457.8.
• FAD-209: Regarding the interpretation of sections 17(f)(4) and (5) of the Common Crop Insurance Policy Basic Provisions (Basic Provisions), published at 7 C.F.R. § 457.8.
• FAD-201: Regarding the interpretation of section 17(f)(8) of the Common Crop Insurance Basic Provisions (Basic Provisions), published at 7 C.F.R. 457.8.
• FAD-200: Regarding the interpretation of section 17(e)(1) of the Common Crop Insurance Policy Basic Provisions (Basic Provisions), published at 7 C.F.R. § 457.8.
• FAD-186: Regarding the interpretation of section 17(d)(1) of the Common Crop Insurance Policy Basic Provisions (Basic Provisions), published at 7 C.F.R. 457.8.
• FAD-182: Regarding the interpretation of section 17(e)(2) of the Common Crop Insurance Policy Basic Provisions (Basic Provisions), published at 7 C.F.R. 457.8.
• FAD-179: Regarding the interpretation of section 17(f)(8) of the Common Crop Insurance Policy Basic Provisions (Basic Provisions), published at 7 C.F.R. 457.8.
• FAD-173: Regarding the interpretation of section 17(f) of the Common Crop Insurance Policy Basic Provisions (Basic Provisions), published at 7 C.F.R. 457.8.
• FAD-171: Regarding Section 17(a)(l) of the Common Crop Insurance Policy Basic Provisions, published at 7 C.F.R. 457.8.
• FAD-168: Regarding the interpretation of section 17(f)(6)(i) of the Common Crop Insurance Policy Basic Provisions (Basic Provisions), published at 7 C.F.R. 457.8.
• FAD-167: Regarding interpretation of section 17(d)(2) of the Common Crop Insurance Policy Basic Provisions (Basic Provisions), published at 7 C.P.R. 457.8.
• FAD-155: Regarding interpretation of section 17 (e)(1) of the Common Crop Insurance Policy Basic Crop Provisions, published at 7 C.F.R. 457.8.
• FAD-146: Regarding interpretation of section 17(f)(5) of the Common Crop Insurance Policy Basic Provisions (Basic Provisions), published at 7 C.F.R. 457.8.
• FAD-141: Regarding section 17(a)(1) of the Common Crop Insurance Policy Basic Provisions (Basic Provisions), published at 7 C.F.R. 457.8.
• FAD-119: Interpretation of Section 17(f) of the Common Crop Insurance Policy Basic Provisions (Basic Provisions), published at 7 C.F.R. 457.8.
• FAD-114: Interpretation of Section 15(g)(3)(i) and 17(f)(5)(ii) of the Common Crop Insurance Policy Basic Provisions (Basic Provisions), published at 7 C.F.R. 457.8.
• FAD-112: Interpretation of section 17(b)(4) of the Common Crop Insurance Policy Basic Provisions (Basic Provisions), published at 7 C.F.R. 457.8. (Mar 9, 2010)
• FAD-110: Interpretation of section 17(a)(1) and 17(f) of the Common Crop Insurance Policy Basic Provisions (Basic Provisions), published at 7 C.F.R. 457.8. (Feb 25, 2010)
• FAD-105: Interpretation of Section 1 definition of prevented planting of the Common Crop Insurance Policy Basic Provisions (Basic Provisions), published at 7 C.F.R. 457.8.
• FAD-103: Interpretation of section 15(h)(4) of the Common Crop Insurance Policy Basic Provisions, published at 7 C.F.R. 457.8.
• FAD-101: Interpretation of section 15(h)(4) of the Common Crop Insurance Policy Basic Provisions, published at 7 C.F.R. 457.8.
• FAD-089: Interpretation of section 17(f)(3) of the Common Crop Insurance Policy Basic Provisions, published at 7 C.F.R. 457.8.
• FAD-084: Interpretation of section 9(a) of the Common Crop Insurance Policy Basic Provisions, published at 7 C.F.R. 457.8, and a Special Provisions statement regarding peanuts planted into existing vegetation
• FAD-072: Interpretation of section 17 of the Common Crop Insurance Policy Basic Provisions (Basic Provisions)
• FAD-040: Interpretation of section 17(e)(1)(i)(A) of the Common Crop Insurance Policy Basic Provisions (Basic Provisions)
• FAD-012: Definition of "Prevented Planting" (Feb 27, 2002)

Frequently Asked Questions

• Prevented Planting Coverage Factor Changes for 2018 (Dec 8, 2017)
• Recent Flooding (Jun 10, 2011)

Loss Adjustment Standards Handbook for Prevented Planting - see Loss Adjustment Handbooks, by year, #25370

Powerpoint Presentations:

• Prevented Planting Due to Excess Moisture or Flood (Jun 13, 2008)
• Prevented Planting in Drought (Mar 29, 2006)

Press Releases

• USDA Makes Changes to Improve the Prevented Planting Program (Nov 22, 2016)
• RMA Clarifies Prevented Planting Standards in the Prairie Pothole Region (Aug 26, 2013)
• Agriculture Secretary Vilsack, FEMA Administrator Fugate Statement on Opening of Morganza Spillway (May 14, 2011)

Program Announcements

• RMA Clarifies Prevented Planting Rules in Aftermath of Severe Flooding (Jun 14, 2011)
• RMA Provides Guidance, Clarifies Preventing Planting Provisions (Mar 11, 2010)
• First and Second Crop Rules (Jul 1, 2008) | Corn | Soybeans (Jun 9, 2008)
• Irrigation and Prevented Planting (Mar 29, 2006)

NASS Usual Planting and Harvesting Dates for U.S. Field Crops

Crop Weather

Contact Information

For more information, contact RMA.