USDA’s Risk Management Agency announced a new crop insurance option for hemp growers in select counties of 21 states in 2020.
USDA will defer the accrual of interest on 2019 crop year insurance premiums to the earlier of the applicable termination date or January 31, 2020.
Industrial hemp growers will be able to obtain insurance coverage under the Whole-Farm Revenue Protection program for crop year 2020.
Climate FieldView and NAU Country Insurance Company announced a new agreement that enhances the digital reporting capabilities for farmers.
The National Association of Wheat Growers, along with many state wheat grower organizations, sent a letter from more than 638 organizations to the Senate urging them to oppose the introduction of harmful crop insurance amendments as the Farm Bill moves to the floor. “In the letter, NAWG states its opposition to harmful amendments that would […]
The House Committee’s H.R. 2 draft Farm Bill is due to face a full-floor vote Friday, two days after more than 100 amendments were voted on.
The American Soybean Association has voiced opposition to proposed cuts in the budget, including federal crop insurance program reductions.
Planting cover crop in Iowa this fall? You may be eligible for a $5 per acre premium reduction on crop insurance in 2018. The Iowa Deputy Secretary of Agriculture has a new program aimed at increasing acres of cover crops in the state. The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship (IDALS) worked with the […]
Why aren’t farmers using Whole Farm Revenue Protection? That was a question the Center for Rural Affairs investigated in their latest report “New option for farm risk management: Whole Farm Revenue Protection (WFRP) usage in Nebraska. Authored by Anna Johnson and Glen Ready, with support from Cora Fox, the report takes a look at WFRP, […]
In what was the Senate Agriculture Committee’s largest Farm Bill hearing in the 115th Congress, the Committee heard Tuesday from agriculture producers, general farm organizations, crop insurance professionals, as well as agriculture lenders on what is working and what needs to be changed in the upcoming Farm Bill reauthorization. “This year, I’ve met with agriculture […]