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 ...

With the midterm elections behind us, momentum is building in Congress toward forthcoming discussions over the upcoming farm bill. A common refrain from many lobby groups is to “do no harm” to crop ...

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 ...

Columnist Kent Thiesse writes about the likelihood that 2026 crop insurance indemnity payments will be solely based on ...

Several Monthly Harvest reports have focused on the waste, adverse production and input use impacts, envi­ronmental concerns, and other negative effects asso­ciated with the current heavily subsidized ...

With the adoption of sustainable farming practices on the rise, more producers may be looking at how double or relay cropping fits into their operations. Sheila Backer, assistant vice president of ...

Crop insurance companies and their agents have spent years fighting off cuts in Congress or at USDA. Now, they're arguing limits imposed more than a decade ago are unfairly shrinking returns for ...

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 ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (RFD NEWS) — Record crop insurance participation highlights the program’s central role in the farm safety net as producers approach the March 16 sign-up deadline for spring-seeded ...

People, insurance and having a plan in place are easy to overlook, but they can have a big impact when the unexpected happens ...