Buy-up coverage

Buy-up coverage is the portion of <a href="/facts/Crop_insurance/Krax3eNn">crop insurance</a> coverage for which a participating
farmer in the US pays a premium. During the 2000s, the system offered catastrophic (CAT) crop insurance coverage
without any premium payments required of the farmer. Any coverage purchased
above the CAT level was referred to as buy-up coverage, and was partially subsidized by the
<a href="/facts/Federal_government_of_the_United_States/VJCxUaf7">US federal government</a>.
The <a href="/facts/Agricultural_Act_of_2014/JGduhHW4">Agricultural Act of 2014</a> adjusted buy-up coverage limits and premium payments, along with buyers' costs, as part of a shift away from direct subsidies.

<ul><li> This article incorporates <a href="/facts/Copyright_status_of_works_by_the_federal_government_of_the_United_States/Q1jvr96g">public domain material</a> from Jasper Womach. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110810044532/http://ncseonline.org/nle/crsreports/05jun/97-905.pdf">Report for Congress: Agriculture: A Glossary of Terms, Programs, and Laws, 2005 Edition</a> (PDF). <a href="/facts/Congressional_Research_Service/5y05h11b">Congressional Research Service</a>.</li></ul>

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Buy-up coverage