As farmers focus on changes to crop insurance ahead of the March 16 deadline, Ben Rand say some of the most valuable risk tools have existed for years, but there are also key changes farmers shouldn't ...

As February closes, row crop farmers have their first major pricing benchmark for 2026, with federal crop insurance spring prices now finalized for corn, soybeans, and spring wheat. The numbers reveal ...

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 ...

Fruit and vegetable growers are debating potential options for expanding crop insurance coverage in the next farm bill, including reforms to the lightly used Whole Farm Revenue Protection policies.

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 ...

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 ...

"Record participation in 2025 demonstrates the value farmers and ranchers place on crop insurance," said NCIS President Tom Zacharias. "In a time of tight margins and increasing weather uncertainty, ...

With the March 16 sign-up deadline approaching for 2026 spring-seeded crops, National Crop Insurance Services (NCIS) has reported record participation in US crop and livestock insurance for the 2025 ...

BISMARCK -- Officials think education could increase interest in a new type of crop insurance that also may give farmers who diversify a boost. Whole farm crop insurance became available in North ...

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 ...