While concerns are legitimate about not having a farm bill renewal in 2023, there are safety nets to prevent our farm policies from traveling back in time.
While insurance fraud may have seemed like a way around insurance payment limitations, a Michigan farmer may pay for his alleged crop insurance fraud.
Double cropping may be a less risky business with new crop insurance opportunities offered by the USDA’s Risk Management Agencies. Amidst concerns for food security, President Biden and Agricultural Secretary Vilsack are working to increase domestic food production.
Agricultural producers are receiving Emergency Relief Program funding after eligible events such as wildfires, droughts, hurricanes, and winter storms. To date, producers have received over $4 billion of relief money set aside by the Biden administration.
USDA is extending program flexibilities to Approved Insurance Providers (AIPs) and agricultural producers until June 30, 2022 or later due to the pandemic.
Corn farmers who “split-apply” nitrogen now have another option for insurance coverage under the Post Application Coverage Endorsement.
Natural disasters can devastate farm families’ livelihood, wreaking havoc on farm infrastructure, destroying crops and killing livestock.
Researchers found that crop insurance seemingly serves as a disincentive for farmers to adopt climate change mitigation measures on their croplands.
Research shows an adjustment in insurance premiums could be beneficial to both farmers and insurers in the face of increased extreme weather events.
With this new crop insurance partnership, time-saving technology enables automatic claim prediction, notification of claims, and claim estimation.