Dealing with Extreme Weather

Wet Spring

Prevent plant and other farm program and crop insurance decisions

Please see this video and fact sheet for information on options for prevent plan. It is recommended that farmers contact their crop insurance agent with individual policy questions.

Do crop insurance rules allow corn and soybeans to be used as a cover crop on prevent plant ground? Please note that 2019 FEEDD act allows farmers to take a cover crop planted on prevent plant ground as a forage starting September 1 (instead of Nov 1) – see above linked crop insurance article for additional info.

UW-Extension specialists, Shawn Conley and Joe Lauer, wrote a letter for crop insurance agents confirming corn and soybeans can be used as cover crops and agronomic recommendations

Cover Crops and Alternative forages2019_06-RMALetter-CornSoybeanAsCoverCrop

Wisconsin Cover Crop Recommendations for Prevent Plant

Agronomic recommendations for using Soybeans as a cover crop in Wisconsin

Agronomic recommendations for using Corn as a cover crop in Wisconsin

Forage options following alfalfa winterkill

Forage Options Follow Prevented Plant Corn and Soybeans

Several articles on alternative and emergency forages

A quick reference guide for forage decisions from Richard Halopka, Clark County Ag Educator:

Date	Options	Comments
June 1	Corn silage, small grains/peas under-seeded, soybean	Corn silage will provide greatest DM tons/acre
July 1	Corn silage, soybean, sorghum/sudan hybrid, millets	BMR sorghum/sudan provides better quality, crop requires warm temperatures
August 1	August is a good month to seed small grains for emergency forage, fall brassicas	Adequate GDD to produce a few tons DM with small grains and brassicas
September 1	Fall seeded winter small grains, if planting following corn silage harvest	Review herbicide labels, may not be legal to use as a spring forage
October 1	Cover crops or for spring forage	Roots help soil life and capture excessive nutrients protect soil, review herbicide labels