For farmers who grow anything but soybeans and corn in Illinois, buying crop insurance is nearly impossible. Even an insurance agent couldn’t figure out how to safeguard his vegetable and poultry farm ...

Climate change is making insuring crops more risky, but the federally subsidized crop insurance program's payouts are up 500%. With a new Farm Bill coming, critics want to rethink the program. Farming ...

Agricultural Crop Insurance Market Overview A type of insurance called agricultural crop insurance aids in defending farmers against monetary losses brought on by unfavorable weather or natural ...

As part of the latest deal to avoid a government shutdown, Congress passed a yearlong extension of the 2018 farm bill, which expired earlier this year. And while bipartisanship in Washington can be ...

Federal crop insurance has undergone many revisions since its establishment by Congress 95 years ago, but its original intent to keep farmers on the land has remained steadfast. The Federal Crop ...

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 Agriculture Department's Risk Management Agency is launching a new crop insurance program for controlled environment agriculture that will become available in the 2024 crop year. In a press ...

A partisan divide is emerging heading into the upcoming farm bill over whether or not to link crop insurance coverage with climate change mitigation efforts. Days after House Ag Committee Republicans ...

For nearly 100 years, the history of the farm bill largely tracks the history of food production in the United States as the legislation has evolved to meet the needs of farmers and consumers alike.

2022 APR 21 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Agriculture Daily-- Researchers detail new data in crop insurance. According to news reporting out of Chengdu, People’s Republic of ...

Speaking in Wisconsin on Friday during an agricultural roundtable, Trump said that under his administration Midwestern ...