Senate Overhauls Farm Subsidies, Crop Insurance But Time Running Out June 21, 2012 By Charles Abbott The Senate approved sweeping new U.S. farm legislation on Thursday that would cut almost all traditional farm subsidies while expanding...
Feet of Sand Leave Midwest Farms Wasteland After Flooding June 5, 2012 By Grant Schulte Mason Hansen guns his pickup and cranks the steering wheel to spin through sand up to 4 feet high, but...
Senate Favoring End to Direct Payouts to Farmers June 4, 2012 By Jim Abrams A program that puts billions of dollars in the pockets of farmers whether or not they plant a crop may...
Cold Snap Bruises Bitterroot Apple Growers May 29, 2012 Apple growers in the Bitterroot Valley say a cold snap at the same time apple trees were in full bloom...
Senate Committee Votes to End Direct Farm Subsidies, Backs New Insurance Plan April 27, 2012 By Charles Abbott U.S. farmers will get a new crop-subsidy program that protects them from ruinous declines in revenue, the biggest threat to...
Cap on Subsidy of Crop Insurance Premiums Would Save $1 Billion: GAO April 13, 2012 By Andrew G. Simpson A cap on crop insurance premium subsidies could save the federal government up to $1 billion a year, according to...
Study: Agriculture Worth $10.7B in Louisiana March 28, 2012 The LSU AgCenter says agriculture was worth $10.7 billion to Louisiana’s economy last year. AgCenter economist John Westra says the...
Texas’ 2011 Drought Costliest in State History, Researchers Say March 22, 2012 By Jim Forsyth Texas agriculture producers lost $7.62 billion to the state’s 2011 drought, which experts said makes it the costliest drought in...
Midwest Farmers Urged to Buy Crop Insurance Due to Dry Weather February 22, 2012 By Steve Karnowski A relatively snow-free winter in the Upper Midwest has some officials worried about damage to agriculture if the dry weather...
Kansas Farmers Rack Up $1B in Insurance Claims After Drought January 27, 2012 Kansas farmers have claimed nearly $1 billion in insurance to offset crop losses caused by the lingering drought. The federal...