Rise in Texas Crop Insurance Payouts Driven by Drought June 6, 2024 By Dylan Baddour and Alejandra Martinez, The Texas Tribune The financial costs of drought in Texas have risen rapidly over recent decades, according to a new analysis of federal...
Federal Disaster Aid Topped $60B Over Two Years Before Sandy September 16, 2013 The U.S. government spent nearly $62 billion on disaster relief in the two-year period ending Sept. 30, 2012, to help...
Dead Farmers Get Millions in Federal Crop Insurance Payouts July 30, 2013 By Charles Abbott The U.S. Agriculture Department paid out $32 million in soil conservation payments and crop insurance aid to dead farmers from...
No Relief In Sight for Drought-Stricken Plains States January 18, 2013 By Sam Nelson Dry weather should continue through at least the end of January in the drought-stricken U.S. Plains and a blast of...
Crop Insurance Claims to Exceed $13 Billion: AIR August 28, 2012 The drought in the U.S. agricultural heartland continues to deteriorate crops in the Corn Belt with no meaningful precipitation relief...
House Plan Would Cut Crop Insurance Cost March 20, 2012 U.S. farm and crop insurance subsidies would be cut by $30 billion over 10 years under a proposal made by...
Crop Insurance Payouts at a Record $9.1 Billion January 25, 2012 Crop insurers paid out a record $9.1 billion in indemnities on 2011 U.S. crops, and the total could top $10...