WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith issued the following news release:
U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and colleagues on the Senate Agriculture Committee have asked the U.S. Department of Agriculture to reinstate additional crop insurance coverage for acres prevented from being planted because of disasters like flooding.
The appeal is included in a bipartisan letter to Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, which takes issue with a crop insurance rule (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/28/2025-21482/expanding-access-to-risk-protection-earp) issued by USDA Federal Crop Insurance Corporation that removes "buy up" coverage for prevented planting.
"Eliminating the option for producers to purchase additional bu...