The U.S. Department of Agriculture is reversing course on a change to a federal crop insurance policy to allow farmers to buy ...

The U.S. crop insurance market is expected to reach $26.67 billion by 2035, while Europe is projected to achieve $27.23 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

By tying soil-health data to actuarial risk, Michigan hopes to build a crop insurance model that rewards resilience and could eventually scale beyond the state.

THANJAVUR: The crop insurance coverage during the Kuruvai season in the four Cauvery delta districts of Thanjavur, Tiruvarur, ...