Crop Insurance

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

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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Buying and Selling Used Farm Equipment

By Machinery Insider

Like used cars, there is a healthy market for used farm machinery. If you are looking to buy or sell, here are some basics you should know.

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How to Service a Timing Chain

By Repair and Maintenance

The SF Engine Man Ray Bohacz explains how to service timing chains.

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Unique Farmall B+ Tractor

By Ageless Iron

Dave Mowitz is curious to find out what makes this Farmall a B+.

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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.

A farmer holding money while sitting at a picnic table.

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Link Insurance to Marketing

Some argue that many producers still aren’t using the most popular type of insurance – revenue protection (RP) – to its full advantage as a marketing aid.

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Why Crop Insurance Isn't Used More

In a study released this month, economists from USDA’s Economic Research Service show that over time, some farmers will substitute savings for insurance.