NOTE: This column is copyrighted material, therefore reproduction or retransmission is prohibited under U.S. copyright laws. USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack on Tuesday said the crop insurance industry ...

The deadline to purchase crop insurance for corn and soybeans for the 2024 crop year is March 15. The 2024 spring prices for corn and soybean will be reduced substantially from the base price levels ...

The federal crop insurance program is working reasonably well, officials say. But change is coming, particularly if the program is revamped in the next farm bill, some say. "Everything will be on the ...

GRAND FORKS, N.D. - Though it doesn't draw much attention outside agriculture, March 15 was an important day in Upper Midwest ag. It's the annual deadline for purchasing or modifying federally ...

Year after year of drought and intense heat that have cooked crops in Texas also have fueled a clash between USDA and the crop insurance industry that has spilled over into discussions of a new farm ...

The government could save taxpayers "hundreds of millions per year" by reducing crop insurance companies’ rate of return on the program in line with market conditions, according to the Government ...

During the next few weeks, farm operators will be finalizing their crop insurance decisions for the 2025 crop year. March 15 is the deadline to purchase crop insurance for the 2025 crop year. The 2025 ...

Today DSE and the University of Arkansas published a study in the Journal of Data Science, Statistics, and Visualization and an open source tool that show the need for changes to federal crop ...

WASHINGTON, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Roughly one-third of U.S. government spending to insure the nation's crops since 2011 has gone to insurance companies that derive more than $1 billion in profit from the ...

Heavy rainfall, snow melt and flood conditions along the Missouri River have added to an already wet spring for farmers in the Midwest and Northern Plains. Farmers and ranchers in the flooded areas ...

Farmers who planted cover crops in 2020 are eligible for a premium benefit from most crops insurance policies, as part of the Pandemic Cover Crop Program, offered by USDA’s Risk Management Agency. All ...