OLDWICK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--After experiencing a decline in 2024, crop insurance premium volume is expected to hold steady in 2025, according to a new report from AM Best. Underwriting results for ...

Federally subsidized crop insurance made record-high payouts last year. While climate change is making farming more risky, the federal program often shields producers at taxpayer expense. Some argue ...

As part of the latest deal to avoid a government shutdown, Congress passed a yearlong extension of the 2018 farm bill, which expired earlier this year. And while bipartisanship in Washington can be ...

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 ...

Fruit and vegetable growers are debating potential options for expanding crop insurance coverage in the next farm bill, including reforms to the lightly used Whole Farm Revenue Protection policies.

For farmers who grow anything but soybeans and corn in Illinois, buying crop insurance is nearly impossible. Even an insurance agent couldn’t figure out how to safeguard his vegetable and poultry farm ...

Year after year of drought and intense heat that have cooked crops in Texas also have fueled a clash between USDA and the crop insurance industry that has spilled over into discussions of a new farm ...

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 ...

Several Monthly Harvest reports have focused on the waste, adverse production and input use impacts, envi­ronmental concerns, and other negative effects asso­ciated with the current heavily subsidized ...

With the midterm elections behind us, momentum is building in Congress toward forthcoming discussions over the upcoming farm bill. A common refrain from many lobby groups is to “do no harm” to crop ...