As for the Supplemental Coverage Option, most farmers will now only pay 20% of the full SCO cost. Supplement plans such as ...

Farm management analyst Kent Thiesse lays out considerations for crop insurance. The deadline to enroll in crop insurance for ...

Farmers struggling to cover increased production costs are taking advantage of reduced premiums on federal crop insurance ...

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 the farm bill (H.R. 2) expected on the House floor in the next few weeks, farmers, ranchers and many others are urging lawmakers to protect crop insurance. In a letter to House members, the ...

Day to day, running a farm takes a lot of work. “You can see the soybean pods starting to form,” Lee Tesdell, a farm owner in Iowa, said. Farms are facing more and more unknowns due to a changing ...

An analysis by the American Farm Bureau Federation projected payments at the state level will be highest in Texas at $1.1 ...

(Bloomberg) -- In Kansas, where a prolonged drought has killed crops and eroded the soil, Gail Fuller’s farm is like an oasis. Sheep, cows and chickens graze freely on crops and vegetation in a ...

ADA, Minn. -- Farmers across this small community discovered the shortfalls in crop insurance coverage the hard way. Flooding, hail storms and high winds damaged or destroyed the region's crops during ...