Crop Insurance

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

Forging a career in agriculture ‘by accident’

It didn’t take long for Moore to transition from an inexperienced agriculture student to a first-generation farmer.

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Nebraska study links crop insurance premium subsidies to fewer, larger farms

Crop insurance premium subsidies offered by the federal government have contributed to fewer and larger farms in the Cornhusker State, UNL says.

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2020 growing season recap with Tama County, Iowa farmer

At the start of the 2020 growing season, Blaine Groth was optimistic. In early May, the emerging crops looked promising. Unfortunately, the season went downhill from there.

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Farmland

Unusual market forces drive farmland sales

By Farmland

In July, Farm Credit Services of America, the farmer-owned lender based in Omaha, reported all-time high farmland values for the four states it serves—Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming.

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Ageless Iron

The genius of a farm boy

By Ageless Iron

How the Model T and the legendary Fordson tractor came to be is testimony to a boy who loved mechanics but loathed labor-intensive chores.

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Women in Agriculture

Q&A: Katherine Marcano-Bell, Dominican Republic native and Iowa farmer

By Women in Agriculture

Katherine Marcano-Bell initially worked off the farm but now farms with her husband, Brandon, and their two sons near Keota, Iowa.

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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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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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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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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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