Lost Pheasants, Disappearing Grasslands: Is Crop Insurance to Blame? November 1, 2013 By Alan Bjerga The hunters tramp through neck-high prairie grass with a pair of golden retrievers named Moe and Buck, flushing out birds...
Rural Groups Push Back on Crop Insurance Cuts October 16, 2013 By Alan Bjerga Rural groups say they’ll fight a proposed $100 million-a-year cut in crop insurance subsidies, a measure that has won the...
Crop Insurance: A Growing Problem in Time of Record Farm Profits September 9, 2013 By Alan Bjerga and David J. Lynch A Depression-era program intended to save the nation’s farmers from ruin has grown into a 21st- century crutch enabling affluent...
Crop Insurance, High Crop Prices Leading to Eco-Catastrophe: Environmental Group July 31, 2013 By Alan Bjerga Sustained high prices for corn, soybeans and wheat combined with record U.S. crop-insurance payouts are encouraging farmers to plow fragile...
House Passes Republican Farm Bill Without Food Stamps July 11, 2013 By Alan Bjerga and Derek Wallbank House Republicans passed a five-year U.S. farm-policy bill that retains subsidies to farmers and strips out food-stamp spending, costing it...
Opponents Doubt Savings Promised By Farm Bill June 14, 2013 By Alan Bjerga A drop in the price of corn, rice and other crops may trigger so much additional aid to farmers under...