Federal authorities announced last week that a North Carolina farmer pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud on the federal...
Federal Crop Insurance News
Rural lawmakers worry that $9 billion in annual federal crop insurance subsidies are an easy target for spending cuts in...
Congress should slash at least $100 billion in costs from the U.S. farm bill – three or four times more...
With a week left to act, agricultural leaders in Congress are still deadlocked on two major issues for a new...
With time running out, agricultural leaders in Congress vowed on Thursday to do everything they can to pass a farm...
The drought in the U.S. agricultural heartland continues to deteriorate crops in the Corn Belt with no meaningful precipitation relief...
The Senate approved sweeping new U.S. farm legislation on Thursday that would cut almost all traditional farm subsidies while expanding...
U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., and Pat Toomey, R-Pa. are urging the Senate to support their bipartisan amendment to end...
U.S. farm and crop insurance subsidies would be cut by $30 billion over 10 years under a proposal made by...
Crop insurers paid out a record $9.1 billion in indemnities on 2011 U.S. crops, and the total could top $10...