Crop Insurance Payouts Rise as Climate Change Worsens Droughts, Floods January 27, 2022 By Leah Douglas Insurance payments to U.S. farmers for crops lost to droughts and flooding have risen more than threefold over the past...
Environmental Group Warns ‘Forever Chemicals’ Widespread in U.S. Drinking Water January 23, 2020 By Timothy Gardner The contamination of U.S. drinking water with man-made “forever chemicals” is far worse than previously estimated with some of the...
Hamptons Tainted Water Lawsuit Adds to Roster of 3M Complaints June 14, 2017 By Tiffany Kary A stone’s throw from the white sand beaches and posh mansions of one of America’s wealthiest ZIP codes sits a...
Highway Bill Restores Crop Insurance Funding Cut in Budget Deal December 4, 2015 The $305 billion highway bill that was agreed upon by the House and Senate and is on its way to...
Private Crop Insurers Win As Taxpayers Lose in New Farm Program, Say Critics March 17, 2014 By Christine Stebbins U.S. farmers last week finalized their crop insurance plans for spring planting with critics of the government-subsidized program saying insurers...
House Backs Limiting Crop Insurance Subsidies for Wealthiest Growers October 14, 2013 By Charles Abbott Farm subsidy reformers praised a vote by the U.S. House of Representatives to make the wealthiest growers pay more for...
Environmental Group Slams Federal Crop Insurance ‘Windfall’ Option October 11, 2013 By Charles Abbott An insurance provision in the U.S. farm bills proposed by the House and Senate could have corn, soybean, and wheat...
Crop Insurance, High Crop Prices Leading to Eco-Catastrophe: Environmental Group July 31, 2013 By Alan Bjerga Sustained high prices for corn, soybeans and wheat combined with record U.S. crop-insurance payouts are encouraging farmers to plow fragile...
Opponents Doubt Savings Promised By Farm Bill June 14, 2013 By Alan Bjerga A drop in the price of corn, rice and other crops may trigger so much additional aid to farmers under...
Crop Insurance Subsidies Encourage Farmers to Buy Too Much Coverage: Economist May 2, 2013 U.S. farmers have collected a record $17 billion in crop insurance payments on drought-hit 2012 crops but the system could...