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 ...

There's a change producers may see in their crop insurance this year.

During the next few weeks, farm operators will be finalizing their crop insurance decisions for the 2025 crop year. March 15 is the deadline to purchase crop insurance for the 2025 crop year. The 2025 ...

According to Cole Patrick, director of insurance strategies at Compeer Financial, farmers need to take a serious look at their crop insurance strategies before the 2025 deadline because last year’s ...

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. — Natural disasters, changing markets and varied input costs impose risk on farmers and their operations. A crop insurance expert said programs including Title 1 of the farm bill and ...

U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and colleagues on the Senate Agriculture Committee have asked the U.S. Department of ...

A House Ag subcommittee held a farm bill hearing on Wednesday focused on crop insurance, which most farmers say is the most important risk management tool they have available. Farmers testifying at ...

In comments submitted to USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA), North Dakota Farmers Union urged RMA to reinstate the “buy-up” ...

In a major development for the wine industry, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Risk Management Agency this summer plans to try out new crop insurance coverage in California to protect growers ...