Based on yield reports from many areas of the upper Midwest, it is likely that a significant number of corn and soybean producers may qualify for crop insurance indemnity payments in 2024. The excess ...

Kent Thiesse suggests readers look over their options and see if some changes may be worth making with their 2025 crop insurance plans. As has been often said with farming, every year is different, ...

March 18--Area crop insurance agents are breathing a little easier this week. Many area farmers, for their part, are paying a little more for crop insurance than they did in 2012, while other ...

Boosted by the popularity of forage policies, crop insurance coverage exceeded 500 million acres in 2023, marking the highest level ever. Enrollment in crop insurance has surged 85% since 2016, ...

WASHINGTON, April 9-- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: Senator John Hoeven, a senior member of the Senate Agriculture Committee and Ranking Member of the Senate ...

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. — Natural disasters, changing markets and varied input costs impose risk on farmers and their operations. A crop insurance expert said programs including Title 1 of the farm bill and ...

WASHINGTON — Agricultural producers can now change election and enroll in the Agriculture Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage programs for the 2023 crop year. Signup began Oct. 17, and producers ...

LEELANAU COUNTY, Mich. (WPBN/WGTU) -- The life and work of farmers is never easy, so having crop insurance is a necessity for when the worst happens. There will soon be enhanced crop insurance ...

The move to make higher levels of insurance coverage more affordable for U.S. farmers would be a big step toward decreasing their financial risks, according to Harold Wolle, president of the National ...

In a major development for the wine industry, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Risk Management Agency this summer plans to try out new crop insurance coverage in California to protect growers ...

Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., is set to announce a proposal today to use the next farm bill to boost crop insurance coverage. The FARMER Act, which Hoeven will announce at a news conference with GOP ...