Despite the lag in current planting progress in the Corn Belt, planting can progress rapidly with suitable field days throughout May.

Producers who prevented planting this spring will receive the payment from their Approved Insurance Providers starting in mid-October.

Farmers who planted cover crops on prevented planting acres will be permitted to hay, graze, or chop those fields starting Sept. 1 to help farmers.

In an effort for transparency, US Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue addressed farmers frequently asked questions on the new disaster assistance program.