Farm management analyst Kent Thiesse shares some tips on understanding the differences available in crop insurance options ...

Farmers struggling to cover increased production costs are taking advantage of reduced premiums on federal crop insurance ...

The deadline to purchase crop insurance for corn and soybeans for the 2024 crop year is March 15. The 2024 spring prices for corn and soybean will be reduced substantially from the base price levels ...

During the peak of the growing season at our small berry farm, we do a whole lot of harvesting. Because it was so hot this summer, we were picking in the early mornings and using the afternoons to ...

Even as action on a new farm bill has stalled, a proposal to boost crop insurance subsidies is generating new debate on and off Capitol Hill. Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow is ...

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 ...

Chris Grotegut has earned a reputation in the High Plains of Texas for farming practices that have helped replenish the region’s depleted aquifer. Just over a decade ago, he began converting his ...

In preparation for the upcoming farm bill, House Ag Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-Pa.) told Politico his intent to make crop insurance more affordable. Thompson said the committee is exploring ...

New CBO farm bill math confirms a tough farm economy, projecting $1.4 trillion in USDA spending while many farmers wait for ...

Day to day, running a farm takes a lot of work. “You can see the soybean pods starting to form,” Lee Tesdell, a farm owner in Iowa, said. Farms are facing more and more unknowns due to a changing ...

BISMARCK -- Officials think education could increase interest in a new type of crop insurance that also may give farmers who diversify a boost. Whole farm crop insurance became available in North ...