It's crunch time for farmers in the northwestern corn belt that are facing prevent plant decisions...due to excessive rains that have delayed planting.    U-S-D-A Secretary Tom Vilsack was pushed on remedies by North Dakota Republican Senator John Hoeven in the Senate Ag Committe hearing last week.
 
Hoeven and other lawmakers in the region sent a letter to Vilsack asking U-S-D-A to use the C-C-C- or other programs to cover the discounts farmers will pay on crop insurance...if they plant after the final plant date or take prevent plant.  He says, "I think it would actually save the USDA money, save the government money from the standpoint you're not paying out more prevent plant.  You're paying out less by covering that discount and at the same time you get more crops in the ground to help with food inflation. 
 
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