House Panel Balks at Senate Crop Insurance Reforms July 12, 2012 By Charles Abbott The U.S. House Agriculture Committee challenged two crop insurance reforms approved by the Senate, creating another farm-bill dispute with time...
Midwest Heat Wave Eases But Drought Threatens Corn Crop July 9, 2012 The withering U.S. corn crop is gaining some respite from a record heat wave this week but new weather forecasts...
Corn Belt Fears Large Crop Loss from Heat Wave, Drought Conditions July 9, 2012 By Christine Stebbins Fears are rising that grain crops in the core of the U.S. Corn Belt – the top corn-producing region in...
Nearly 80 Percent of Indiana Listed in Drought June 25, 2012 The parched conditions are worsening for much of Indiana, with a new report listing the state’s southwestern corner in extreme...
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...