; and (ii) by striking make an election under paragraph (1)(B) and inserting makes an election under paragraph (1)(B)(ii)(I) ; and (2) by inserting at the end the following: (f) Prevented planting coverage factors For producers that plant cover crops following prevented planting, the Corporation may provide separate prevented planting coverage factors that include preplanting costs, the cost of cover crop seed, and the cost of fencing and supplying water to livestock. . (b) Research and development Section 522(c) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act ( 7 U.S.C. 1522(c) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (20) Cover crops (A) In general The Corporation shall carry out research and development, or offer to enter into one or more contracts with one or more qualified persons to carry out research and development, regarding a policy to insure crops on fields that regularly utilize cover crops. (B) Requirements Research and development under subparagraph (A) shall include— (i) a review of prevented planting coverage factors described in section 508A(f) and an evaluation of whether to include cover crop seed costs and costs related to grazing in the calculation of a factor; (ii) the extent to which cover crops reduce the risk of subsequent prevented planting; (iii) the extent to which cover crops make crops more resilient to or otherwise reduce the risk of loss resulting from natural disasters such as drought; (iv) the extent to which increased regularity of using cover crops or interactions with other practices such as tillage or rotation affects risk reduction; (v) whether rotational, adaptive, or other prescribed grazing of cover crops can maintain or improve risk reduction