dairy farm insurance News

New Firm’s Services for Consolidated Dairy Industry Include Crop Insurance

Two traditional U.S. Midwest brokerages serving the dairy market are combining their businesses as the industry consolidates. Chicago-based Rice Dairy LLC and Commodity Risk Management Group of Platteville, Wisconsin, are partnering to form a company with about 1,700 clients, the …

N.Y. Sen. Schumer: Ease Dairy Insurance Rules Amid Drop in Milk Prices

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., says dairy farmers in New York state and across the country need help contending with falling milk prices. The Democrat says Wednesday that he wants the U.S. Department of Agriculture to change the rules on …