Texas Farmers and Ranchers Sound Alarm Over Languishing Farm Bill September 30, 2024 By Jayme Lozano-Carver, The Texas Tribune LUBBOCK — Federal lawmakers are sounding the alarm on the economic catastrophe that could happen if a new farm bill...
USDA: Crop Insurance Covers Loss from Irrigation Tunnel Collapse August 26, 2019 Farmers in western Nebraska and eastern Wyoming left without a way to water crops following the collapse of a massive...
Most Produce Farmers Hit by Recent Hurricanes Not Covered by Federal Crop Insurance September 20, 2017 By Alan Bjerga In the U.S, government-backed insurance plans help compensate farmers for losses after natural disasters. Unfortunately for the produce growers that...
Sen. Schumer Pushes for Malt Barley Crop Insurance in New York April 13, 2017 Sen. Charles Schumer is calling on the U.S. Department of Agriculture to make crop insurance for malt barley available to...
Insurance Claims for Unplanted Crops Jump 48% August 18, 2015 By Marvin G. Perez Insurance claims filed by U.S. farmers for crops they couldn’t plant have jumped 48 percent this year, government data show,...
Farm Bill Costs Soar Despite Great Harvest November 20, 2014 By Christine Stebbins and Ros Krasny U.S. farmers are about to reap a bumper harvest not just in corn and soybeans but also in new subsidies...
Viewpoint: Costs Bury Insurance Savings Promised in Farm Bill October 2, 2014 By The Editors, Bloomberg Opinion When does a $23 billion spending cut result in no savings at all? When it’s part of the U.S. farm...
Deere Mulls Sale of Crop Insurance Business September 24, 2014 By Shruti Date Singh and Zachary Tracer Deere & Co., the world’s largest maker of agricultural equipment, hired Citigroup Inc. to look at strategic options for its...
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...
Farmers Told to Expect Crop Insurance Program to Expand January 13, 2014 The federal crop insurance program is expected to expand in 2014, a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) official told farmers...