USDA is promoting new crop insurance choices this year, even as strong commodity prices and elevated production costs are making existing coverage even more vital to farmers, says Marcia Bunger, ...

USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) has announced the expansion of Margin Protection (MP) under the crop insurance program to make the coverage available in more counties in the U.S. starting with ...

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 ...

It is likely that a significant number of corn and soybean producers in many areas of the upper Midwest may qualify for crop insurance indemnity payments in 2024. Several portions of the region dealt ...

At the recent Northwest Agricultural Show in Salem, one exhibit showcased agriculture in the Klamath Basin and the challenges farmers in that region face. Ben Thiel, a regional office director for ...

Learn how crop-hail insurance protects farmers against hail and fire damage, and discover its benefits compared to ...

February is an important month for sunflower producers, as well as market analysts, for a couple reasons: one, the discovery process in determining 2025 crop insurance price elections for sunflowers ...

FARGO - The 2013 projected prices for crop insurance are known, so producers are huddling with their crop insurance agents to determine what policies, coverage levels and units of coverage to use for ...

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig has announced that the sign-up for the state’s Crop Insurance Discount Program is now open and available. Farmers who planted cover crops this fall can apply ...