Mike Clemens recalls the state of crop insurance when he started back in 1975: It was cheap, didn’t provide much coverage and a lot of farmers didn’t bother buying it. First established in the 1930s, ...
USDA is promoting new crop insurance choices this year, even as strong commodity prices and elevated production costs are making existing coverage even more vital to farmers, says Marcia Bunger, ...
A cereal rye cover crop grows well in November on this farm in Tama County. Iowa farmers are increasingly planting cover crops as a way to improve soil fertility and limit both erosion and nutrient ...
2023 NOV 20 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Food Daily News-- Current study results on Agriculture - Crop Insurance have been published. According to news originating from Tucson, ...
In recent years, the federal crop insurance program’s subsidy costs have risen, driven primarily by the growth in total premiums. Much of the recent growth in federal crop insurance expenditures has ...
A proposed $25-per-acre incentive for cover crops failed to survive the final version of a newly enacted climate law, but some lawmakers are pushing to add a more modest program to the next farm bill.