ALLENTOWN, Pennsylvania, Feb. 19-- Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: Last week, U.S. Senators Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) introduced the Assisting ...

Year after year of drought and intense heat that have cooked crops in Texas also have fueled a clash between USDA and the crop insurance industry that has spilled over into discussions of a new farm ...

NOTE: This column is copyrighted material, therefore reproduction or retransmission is prohibited under U.S. copyright laws. USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack on Tuesday said the crop insurance industry ...

During the next few weeks, farm operators will be finalizing their crop insurance decisions for the 2025 crop year. March 15 is the deadline to purchase crop insurance for the 2025 crop year. The 2025 ...

Today DSE and the University of Arkansas published a study in the Journal of Data Science, Statistics, and Visualization and an open source tool that show the need for changes to federal crop ...

Based on yield reports from many areas of the upper Midwest, it is likely that a significant number of corn and soybean producers may qualify for crop insurance indemnity payments in 2024. The excess ...

Two regional crop insurance companies have been acquired by College Station-based Capital Farm Credit. Bennett Crop Insurance, in Brownfield, and Taylor Crop Insurance, originating in Ropesville, are ...

This week’s Open Mic guest is Dr. Tom Zacharias, President of the National Crop Insurance Services. Crop insurance companies have proven effective in providing risk management resources for farmers ...

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 ...

Federal corn crop insurers could see a 22 percent spike in claims filed by 2030 and a nearly 29 percent jump by midcentury, thanks to the impacts of climate change, a new study has found. Both U.S.