The U.S. Department of Agriculture is reversing course on a change to a federal crop insurance policy to allow farmers to buy ...

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 ...

In the United States, farmers have access to federally subsidized crop insurance — a backstop that affords them some peace of mind in the face of extreme weather. When droughts, floods, or other ...

Scott Graves of the Conaway Graves Group (left), with former Reps. Cheri Bustos, D-Ill., and Mike Conaway, R-Texas, at the 2026 crop insurance convention. (Agri-Pulse photo) Crop insurance industry ...

ADA, Minn. -- Farmers across this small community discovered the shortfalls in crop insurance coverage the hard way. Flooding, hail storms and high winds damaged or destroyed the region's crops during ...

The U.S. crop insurance market is expected to reach $26.67 billion by 2035, while Europe is projected to achieve $27.23 ...

By tying soil-health data to actuarial risk, Michigan hopes to build a crop insurance model that rewards resilience and could eventually scale beyond the state.

The question facing U.S. agriculture is whether current farm aid is a bridge through temporary hardship — or a pier toward more structural government support.

Manitoba farmers have been hit hard by extreme weather events this year, but some asparagus and strawberry growers say they ...