Crop Insurance

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

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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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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Ageless Iron

Repel Wire-Eating Rodents

By Ageless Iron

Repel mice with a taste for wire covers.

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All Around the Farm

Freeze-Proof Pasture Waterer

By All Around the Farm

Get a continuous stream of fresh water for cattle even in temps below 0°F. from a system with serviceable components.

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Women in Agriculture

Milestones are Movable

By Women in Agriculture

Agriculture has taught me many things that carry into our family life. Milestones in farming can be moving targets, just like milestones in our child's development.

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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.

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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