CROP INSURANCE IN ACTION: Andy Bell, Climax, Georgia
On the first Saturday after Thanksgiving, you can chase a greased pig in the southwestern Georgia town of Climax as it celebrates its Swine Time Festival, which normally draws up to 30,000 people in an...
View ArticleRecord 86 Percent of Planted Farmland Protected by Crop Insurance
Eighty-six percent of all planted U.S. farmland – some 281 million acres – is protected by crop insurance this year, up 2 percent from 2011 and a nearly three-fold increase from the late 1990s when...
View ArticleCROP INSURANCE IN ACTION: Paul Penner, Hillsboro, Kansas
In 2012, the drought in Kansas was in its second year, and wheat, corn and soybean farmer Paul Penner was just trying to survive to the next season. Crop insurance has been Penner’s lifeline for the...
View ArticleFarmers Rely On Crop Insurance When Nature Turns on Them
There is a huge story playing out right before our very eyes this year in agriculture that nearly everyone is missing: Despite the fact that this nation has faced two of the worst farming years in...
View ArticleCrop Insurance Is Critical to Michigan’s Specialty Crop Industry
The affordability and bounty of the American food system did not occur by happenstance. It took wise policies supported by dedicated officials, hardworking farmers willing to risk their fortunes and a...
View ArticleNorth Dakota Farmers Know First Hand Why Crop Insurance is Money Well Spent
I’ve spent the last 17 years of my life farming in North Dakota and I’ve loved every minute of it. But it can be a very risky business. There are many steps that farmers can take to manage risk, like …...
View ArticleWyoming Farmers Can Depend on Crop Insurance
I have a unique perspective among American farm wives since I was born and raised as an Assyrian living in Teheran, Iran. I came to Wyoming as a student but fell in love with a farmer and have spent my...
View ArticleSteve Baccus: Farmers need protection of crop insurance
When the homesteaders came to Kansas, they were looking for land to farm and a chance at the American dream. If they were like my family, they arrived here in a covered wagon, and many of us still live...
View ArticleUSDA Proposes Expansion of Crop Insurance to Cover Underserved, Specialty Crops
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently proposed to expand certain regulations to increase the availability of crop insurance to many farmers who currently can’t purchase coverage...
View ArticleKeep Crop Insurance Affordable
Living through the drought of 2012 as an Illinois farmer gave me a whole new appreciation for risk management tools. There are things that farmers can do to try and deal with the curve balls served up...
View ArticleCrop insurance a key for producers
My husband and I have been farming in Southeastern Colorado for more than 40 years, and during that time it’s safe to say there have been a lot of changes not only in farming practices, but also in...
View ArticleCurrent Farm Economics Reminds Us Why We Need a Farm Safety Net
With a third straight year of declining farm income and reports of agriculture credit conditions deteriorating, we are reminded why lawmakers put a safety net in place for farmers, and why that safety...
View ArticleSenator Grassley Touts Crop Insurance Amid Recent Flooding
Crop insurance enjoys widespread bipartisan backing on Capitol Hill. And this week, one high-profile leader, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA), was emphatic in his support, saying the recent floods in...
View ArticleThank You, Chuck Conner!
Prior to the holidays, National Council of Farmer Cooperatives President and CEO Chuck Conner found himself in a strange place – onstage at a farm policy conference sitting between two of agriculture’s...
View ArticleFarm Credit Services Report Touts Crop Insurance
Crop insurance saved nearly 21,000 jobs in four states during one of the worst droughts in two decades, according to a report from Farm Credit Services of America. The 20-page paper breaks down the...
View ArticleCrop Insurance Has America Covered
Don’t think crop insurance affects you? Check out this coverage map. The green areas represent counties where crops are covered by crop insurance. About 90% of U.S. farmland is insured, providing $100...
View ArticleSteve Baccus: Farmers need protection of crop insurance
When the homesteaders came to Kansas, they were looking for land to farm and a chance at the American dream. If they were like my family, they arrived here in a covered wagon, and many of us still live...
View ArticleUSDA Proposes Expansion of Crop Insurance to Cover Underserved, Specialty Crops
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently proposed to expand certain regulations to increase the availability of crop insurance to many farmers who currently can’t purchase coverage...
View ArticleKeep Crop Insurance Affordable
Living through the drought of 2012 as an Illinois farmer gave me a whole new appreciation for risk management tools. There are things that farmers can do to try and deal with the curve balls served up...
View ArticleCrop insurance a key for producers
My husband and I have been farming in Southeastern Colorado for more than 40 years, and during that time it’s safe to say there have been a lot of changes not only in farming practices, but also in...
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