By Clint Schroeder, Program Manager for Ohio Farm Business Analysis Program and Eric Richer, Field Specialist, Farm ...
To encourage fair treatment of specialty crop and small farmers, Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Rep. Andrea Salinas (D-Ore.) are proposing a new bill: the Insuring Fairness for Family Farmers Act ...
WASHINGTON, July 1-- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Federal Crop Insurance Corporation has issued a rule (7 CFR Part 407, 457), published in the Federal Register on June 30, 2022, entitled "Crop ...
In a tough farm economy like this one, having the right crop insurance coverage to protect your farming operation and manage ...
Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) introduced the Assisting Family Farmers Through Insurance Reform Measures (AFFIRM) Act this week. The introduction to the Act indicates it’s designed to help smaller ...
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 ...
Farmers of fruits and vegetables say coverage has become unavailable or unaffordable as drought and floods increasingly threaten their crops. By Patrick Cooley Farmers who grow fresh fruits and ...
Federally subsidized crop insurance made record-high payouts last year. While climate change is making farming more risky, the federal program often shields producers at taxpayer expense. Some argue ...
In Kansas, where a prolonged drought has killed crops and eroded the soil, Gail Fuller’s farm is like an oasis. Sheep, cows and chickens graze freely on crops and vegetation in a paradisiacal mess.