Mason Hansen guns his pickup and cranks the steering wheel to spin through sand up to 4 feet high, but...
crop insurance News
A program that puts billions of dollars in the pockets of farmers whether or not they plant a crop may...
Apple growers in the Bitterroot Valley say a cold snap at the same time apple trees were in full bloom...
U.S. farmers will get a new crop-subsidy program that protects them from ruinous declines in revenue, the biggest threat to...

A cap on crop insurance premium subsidies could save the federal government up to $1 billion a year, according to...
The LSU AgCenter says agriculture was worth $10.7 billion to Louisiana’s economy last year. AgCenter economist John Westra says the...
Texas agriculture producers lost $7.62 billion to the state’s 2011 drought, which experts said makes it the costliest drought in...

A relatively snow-free winter in the Upper Midwest has some officials worried about damage to agriculture if the dry weather...
Kansas farmers have claimed nearly $1 billion in insurance to offset crop losses caused by the lingering drought. The federal...
Crop insurers paid out a record $9.1 billion in indemnities on 2011 U.S. crops, and the total could top $10...