The deadline to purchase crop insurance for corn and soybeans for the 2025 crop year is March 17. It appears that the 2025 spring price for corn will be similar to 2024; however the soybean price will ...

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 ...

Many farmers facing drought this year will collect crop insurance. I have farmland in Southeastern Washington state, and we had a drought and I will for sure collect crop insurance proceeds. However, ...

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 ...

A recent USDA statistic making the rounds suggests that only 13% of U.S. farms purchase crop insurance. This figure is being cited by critics of crop insurance, particularly those interested in ...

As a ranch kid from Montana, I experienced the hard work that goes into feeding America and the world. In the years since, I’ve spent a career in the agriculture industry, pushing for policies to help ...

You have a big deadline approaching. By March 15, you need to make your crop insurance decisions for this crop season. Jamie Wasemiller, market analyst for Gulke Group and owner of Wasemiller ...

A crack in the dry ground is seen Oct. 5 as corn plants dry in the sun and wind on farm land north of The Eastern Iowa Airport in southwest Cedar Rapids. This is the third year of drought in Iowa, and ...

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 ...

Jason Rano: The vast majority of farm subsidies and crop insurance go to the largest corporate farms. JESSICA DESVARIEUX, TRNN PRODUCER: Welcome to The Real News Network. I’m Jessica Desvarieux in ...

A nonpartisan watchdog found that some farmers received more than $3 million in federal crop insurance subsidies and that much of the program’s funds were paid to insurance companies for ...