Producers across the High Plains have struggled to complete cotton planting activity as frequent rainfall events have caused intermittent planting delays, damaged existing stands and exacerbated the incidence of seedling disease in many fields. As producers work to plan their next steps, it is important to note in this regard that RMA rule changes implemented in 2018 will impact the direction some of these decisions take. The primary change made in 2018 impacts the timing of when cotton can be planted behind a failed, initially planted, cotton crop. Beginning in 2018 a producer who wants to plant cotton after losing their first insured ...