WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- Sen. Chuck Grassley issued the following news release:
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a lifelong family farmer and member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, joined Sens. John Boozman (R-Ark.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), the Chairman and Ranking Member of the committee, respectively, along with Sen. John Hoeven (R-N.D.) and 15 of their colleagues, in urging (https://www.grassley.senate.gov/download/grassley-et-al-to-usda_-prevent-planting) Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins to reinstate additional crop insurance coverage for acres prevented from being planted.
"Eliminating the option for producers to purchase additional buy-up coverage for prevented planting is troubling, especially at a time...