H.R. 6338 · 111th Congress
To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to permit certain livestock owners to plant a secondary crop for the use of the producer as emergency feed.
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Stephanie Herseth Sandlin
- Introduced
- 2010-09-29
- Latest action
- 2010-11-16 · Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
Summary
Amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to permit an agricultural producer who owns livestock to plant a second crop on the same acreage for harvest in the same crop year as a first crop and receive full prevented planting indemnity payments if such producer: (1) is located in an area that experienced excessive precipitation which prevented the first crop's planting by its final planting date; and (2) uses the second crop solely for emergency feed for the producer's livestock.