According to Cole Patrick, director of insurance strategies at Compeer Financial, farmers need to take a serious look at their crop insurance strategies before the 2025 deadline because last year’s ...

Two North Carolina tobacco growers say their crop insurer cut their 2023 payouts in half - because they shared a bank account ...

For farmers who grow anything but soybeans and corn in Illinois, buying crop insurance is nearly impossible. Even an insurance agent couldn’t figure out how to safeguard his vegetable and poultry farm ...

Farm management analyst Kent Thiesse shares a summary of current and potential farm program payments for 2026.

“It’s March Madness, but has nothing to do with college basketball,” says Steve Johnson, retired farm business extension adviser from Iowa State University. There are days left before the March 15 ...

For nearly 100 years, the history of the farm bill largely tracks the history of food production in the United States as the legislation has evolved to meet the needs of farmers and consumers alike.

Due to the strong yield potential in many areas of the upper Midwest, the number of corn and soybean producers that qualify for 2025 crop insurance indemnity payments may be limited. However, there ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Risk Management Agency is upgrading the source for rainfall data used in several Federal ...

Year after year of drought and intense heat that have cooked crops in Texas also have fueled a clash between USDA and the crop insurance industry that has spilled over into discussions of a new farm ...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16-- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Risk Management Agency has issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is revising its Sugar Beet crop ...

International Food Policy Research Institute (Ifpri) says African countries including Malawi require innovative crop insurance products to ensure that smallholder farmers manage climate risks. In its ...