Source: Chris Clayton, PROGRESSIVE FARMER, 6/5/19

Responding to a request from the Agricultural Retailers Association, a USDA spokesperson said Wednesday it cannot change crop-insurance contracts to extend the planting season. The Agricultural Retailers Association wants Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue to extend the late-planting season for crop insurance to avoid the "risk of unintended consequences" from the disaster legislation that passed Congress.

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