Crop Insurance Won’t Let Some Farmers Adapt to Climate Change July 29, 2024 By Miranda Jeyaretnam In Kansas, where a prolonged drought has killed crops and eroded the soil, Gail Fuller’s farm is like an oasis....
Texas Cotton Farmers Say Farm Bill Provision Saves Crop Insurance October 23, 2014 Texas cotton producers say they are pleased to learn the U.S. Department of Agriculture has reconsidered its decision about implementing...
Confusing Crop Insurance Rule Clarified for Midwest States August 29, 2013 Farmers say they’re pleased with efforts by the federal Risk Management Agency to clarify rules for prevented planting insurance in...
Dead Farmers Get Millions in Federal Crop Insurance Payouts July 30, 2013 By Charles Abbott The U.S. Agriculture Department paid out $32 million in soil conservation payments and crop insurance aid to dead farmers from...
Crop Insurance Rule Causing Confusion for Some Midwest Farmers July 23, 2013 By Blake Nicholson Last year’s drought has contributed to confusion over crop insurance rules for some Upper Midwest farmers who couldn’t get a...
Federal Budget Cuts Eliminate Crop Insurance Premium Refunds April 12, 2011 The budget deal agreed to by President Barack Obama and Republican and Democratic leaders last Friday to avoid a government...