Water floods farmland in La Moille, Illinois, U.S., on Wednesday, May 29, 2019. Claims known as prevented plant pay out when farmers are unable to sow crops at all. With unceasing rain keeping farmers out of fields, growers are increasingly weighing how best to get paid and ease the impact from the bad weather and an escalating U.S.-China trade war. (Photo: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg) Water floods farmland in La Moille, Illinois, U.S., on Wednesday, May 29, 2019. Claims known as prevented plant pay out when farmers are unable to sow crops at all. With unceasing rain keeping farmers out of fields, growers are increasingly weighing how best to get paid and ease the impact from the bad weather and an escalating U.S.-China trade war. (Photo: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg)

(Bloomberg) — The Trump administration is keeping the door open for farmers who were prevented from planting crops this season to still receive some aid payments after weeks of rains across the Midwest stalled sowing.

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