With heavy amounts of rainfall this spring and summer, it's important to know how to get the most out of your crop insurance coverage. With water standing in many fields across the region, David ...

WASHINGTON — Rural bank executives and crop insurance agents testified at a Senate hearing last week in support of a modernized crop insurance market that helps upstart producers manage growing risks, ...

Alfalfa and forage growers may want consider an insurance program that can help them cover financial risk. Glenda Blindert, a crop insurance agent at Blindert Insurance Agency, Salem, South Dakota, ...

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 ...

With the adoption of sustainable farming practices on the rise, more producers may be looking at how double or relay cropping fits into their operations. Sheila Backer, assistant vice president of ...

With harvest in the homestretch, now is a good time to schedule a meeting with your crop insurance agent to provide them with your actual crop production numbers. The final harvest prices for crop ...

Tom Zacharias, president of National Crop Insurance Services, Pat Swanson, RMA Administrator, and Ken Selzer, associate RMA administrator. (Agri-Pulse photo) RMA Administrator Pat Swanson says she's ...

Crop insurance companies and their agents have spent years fighting off cuts in Congress or at USDA. Now, they're arguing limits imposed more than a decade ago are unfairly shrinking returns for ...

LEWISVILLE, Texas, Jan. 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Ever.Ag, a leader in agribusiness solutions, is excited to announce the acquisition of AgencyRoot, a software platform built for the agri-food sector, ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is now offering crop insurance for sesame producers nationwide. Beginning in the 2024 crop year, USDA’s Risk Management Agency is expanding the Actual Production ...

VOLGA, S.D. - As parts of the region have experienced heavy rainfall and flooding throughout this spring and summer, many agricultural producers are now faced with making management decisions for the ...