{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.thune.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=F5AF9EF3-6F1A-438B-BBF6-9FE8B04F9C54", "Thune, Stabenow Applaud USDA\u2019s Announcement to Give Producers More Flexibility on Prevented Plant Acres", "2021-12-03", "2021", "2021-12", "Republican", "Senate", "SD", "John Thune", "T000250", "www.thune.senate.gov", "thune", "https://www.thune.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases", "scraper", "U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.), a longtime member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, and Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), chairwoman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, applauded the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Risk Management Agency for implementing their recommendation to remove the arbitrary November 1 restriction for harvesting or grazing cover crops on prevented plant acres, which will give greater flexibility to producers in northern areas of the United States.\n\n\u201cI have been a staunch advocate for this common-sense change for years, and I\u2019m glad to see USDA is implementing our recommendation to remove the November 1 restriction,\u201d said Thune. \u201cIt\u2019s imperative for Congress and this administration to support producers who use cover crops by working to remove arbitrary barriers in order to ensure their success.\u201d\n\n\u201cWith this update, USDA will encourage more cover cropping by making sure farmers don\u2019t face a crop insurance penalty when extreme weather causes them to miss planting season,\u201d said Stabenow. \u201cThat\u2019s going to mean healthier soils, less erosion and better capacity to capture carbon, and it\u2019s why Senator Thune and I called for this similar approach in the Cover Crop Flexibility Act.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:37:48Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.thune.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=F5AF9EF3-6F1A-438B-BBF6-9FE8B04F9C54"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8570058271288872, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}