A man tends to crops on Monday, Aug. 21, 2023, along Roberts Drive in Homestead, Fla. SB 1718 is a new law imposing a series of immigration related restrictions that could affect the migrant workers ...

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 ...

A field of cauliflower at Lewis Creek Farm. Photo by Theo Wells-Spackman/VTDigger Justin Rich’s Burnt Rock Farm lost $200,000 last year, after floods covered entire fields on his riverside land in ...

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 ...

The deadline to purchase crop insurance for corn and soybeans for the 2025 crop year is March 17. It appears that the 2025 spring price for corn will be similar to 2024; however the soybean price will ...

Mangaluru: Agriculture minister N Chaluvarayaswamy said the govt will take steps to resolve the problems in connection with ...

SUMMARY: The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) proposes to add a provision to its regulations that provides forage seed insurance. The provisions will be used in conjunction with the Common ...

Crop insurance, along with Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC), is one of several tools farmers use to manage risk. Each season brings its share of uncertainty, from weather ...

The recent column, “$20 billion in farm subsidies doesn’t reach the poor, leaves them hungry” (Tribune, Jan. 20) demonstrates why we need to reform our nation’s current crop insurance program. This ...

Advocates of conservation practices and cover crops are looking to speed up the development of new crop insurance products by going around USDA to start testing coverage for growers who want to ...