Current 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 ArticleAgriculture Remains a Great Return on Investment
Tax season is finally over, and naturally many of us are thinking about how our checks to Uncle Sam will be spent in the upcoming year. Here’s a hint: Not very much will be going to the farm. In fact,...
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...
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Senator 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...
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Thank 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 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 ArticleFormer RMA Administrator Opines on Crop Insurance Critics
Kenneth Ackerman, a former Administrator of the USDA’s Risk Management Agency, recently published an article entitled Top Priority for the 2018 Farm Bill: Protect Federal Crop Insurance. We thought the...
View ArticleNCIS Launches Website Highlighting Crop Insurance in All 50 States
The Senate officially begins its Farm Bill process June 13, as the Agriculture Committee debates a draft bipartisan bill released last week by the panel’s top Republican and Democrat. And thanks to a...
View ArticleNew Study: Farmers Will Buy Less Crop Insurance If It Costs More
In their quest to harm farm policy, critics have long contended that crop insurance is so vital to farmers that changes in premium rates will have no impact on participation. Such claims may be...
View ArticleEastern North Carolina farmers on long road to recovery after Hurricane Florence
WALLACE, NC – Justine Price was looking forward to a great soybean crop this fall. His beans were coming in strong, covering the fields of his eastern North Carolina farm in a lush green. Mother Nature...
View ArticleCrop Insurance Wins Wide Support on Capitol Hill and In Countryside
Federal crop insurance and the critical role it serves as part of the farm safety net unexpectedly took center stage at a recent Senate Finance hearing with the United States Trade Representative,...
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