Crop Insurance

This section covers crop insurance programs, including program eligibility, coverage, and deadlines.

Steep cuts to crop insurance in 2021 budget

The Office of Management and Budget today released a proposed Fiscal Year 2021 budget that includes steep cuts to the Department of Agriculture and federal crop insurance.

A flooded corn field early in the season.

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Use Crop Insurance? Thank Art Barnaby

If you enjoy the benefits of crop insurance, you have this Kansas State ag economist to thank.

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Insurance for Pastures and Hayfields

The rainfall insurance program gives beef producers a no-fuss way to shore up income when a shortfall in rain reduces production of forages for grazing or haying.

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Women in Agriculture

Farming in between the rains

By Women in Agriculture

Mud is great for farm boys in muck boots, but not so good for farmers trying to plant crops.l

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Machinery Insider

Sizing up semis

By Machinery Insider

The semitrailer has become the transportation workhorse of choice in farming.

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Successful Marketing

Better days ahead

By Successful Marketing

To say this marketing year has been anything but challenging would be a huge understatement. However, we still have a job to do, and working a plan has never been more important.

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Should You Plant or Take Prevented Plant Coverage?

Market Facilitation Program Payments are the wild card for soybeans. They would help make late-planted soybeans profitable.

In some rain-soaked fields, prevented planting insurance coverage may be the only option for farmers.

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Will the Harvest Price Option Be a Farm Bill Target?

Farm groups and some members of Congress are worried that the HPO in crop insurance revenue policies could be eliminated or weakened when the bill is debated.

A Case combine harvests corn alongside a grain cart.

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Herbicide Drift + Insurance = Know Your Coverage

Have a talk with your insurance company before a chemical drift from your sprayer damages your neighbor’s crops.

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Senators Back Strong Crop Insurance, Grassley Says

The goal in Congress is to pass a new farm bill by Christmas, Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA) told farmers and agribusiness leaders at the 2017 Iowa Ag Summit.

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Do You Have Enough or Too Much Farm Insurance?

You have a broad spectrum of insurances to choose from, and picking the right ones and the right levels of coverage is critical to keeping your farm operation afloat.

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Using Revenue Protection as a Marketing Aid

In a time of tight margins, crop insurance is one farming tool that isn’t changing much for 2017. Yet, some argue that many producers still aren’t using revenue protection to its full advantage.

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