Hoeven held a roundtable with USDA Under Secretary Richard Fordyce to discuss additional ag assistance and restoring prevent plant buy-up.
Push to restore prevented-planting buy-up (prevent plant buy-up) payments/programs for farmers.
Occurrences
Evidence
The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation final rule (Nov 28, 2025) removes the administrative "buy-up" option for prevented-planting coverage, effective for the 2026 crop year.
On Jan. 22, 2026, Senate Agriculture leaders including John Hoeven led a bipartisan letter urging USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins to reinstate additional prevented-planting buy-up coverage for 2027 and beyond.
The senators asked USDA to "allow producers access to the additional prevented plant coverage for 2027 and beyond."
The changes include "removing buy-up coverage for prevented planting" and are effective for the 2026 and succeeding crop years.
Assessments
The claim is framed as a promise to push for restoration, not a promise to personally complete the restoration. In federal office, a senator’s credit is based on concrete advocacy within his role. Evidence shows Hoeven co-led a formal bipartisan Senate Agriculture Committee letter on January 22, 2026 urging USDA to restore prevented-planting buy-up coverage for 2027 and beyond. That is a serious, documented push consistent with the promise and it occurred during his current Senate service. The separate evidence that USDA had earlier removed the coverage shows the policy had not yet been restored, but it does not negate that Hoeven carried out the promised push.
The claim is framed as a promise to push for restoration, not a promise to guarantee the policy would be reinstated. In his federal role, Hoeven materially acted on that promise by co-leading a bipartisan Senate Agriculture Committee letter on January 22, 2026 urging USDA to reinstate prevented-planting buy-up coverage for 2027 and beyond. The evidence does not show USDA had restored the coverage by May 26, 2026, but his official Senate action is a concrete, documented push that fulfills the promise as stated.
A Nov 28, 2025 Federal Register final rule removed prevented-planting "buy-up" coverage effective for the 2026 crop year. Sen. Hoeven co-led a bipartisan Senate Agriculture Committee letter on Jan 22, 2026 urging USDA to reinstate buy-up coverage for 2027 and beyond, demonstrating a formal push. There is no evidence the USDA reversed the rule or restored buy-up coverage as of the latest available date (May 26, 2026). Because the promised restoration was not accomplished but the senator made a documented, formal effort, the outcome is scored as never delivered with an effort badge.