Rain, Rain, Go Away
This has not been a typical spring. "This isn't our wettest spring, but it is one of our most trying," says Todd Stanley, who farms at Grygla, Minnesota. "It just rains every day or every other day. People have been…
Articles tagged under: crop insurance
Consult With Your Crop Insurance Agent
For a large portion of the Dakotas and northern Minnesota, the final multi-peril crop insurance plant date for corn was Saturday. May 31 is the deadline in portions of the eastern Dakotas and the balance of Minnesota. Countryside Insurance owner…
No Impact on Crop Insurance Program
Crop insurance shouldn’t be impacted by the National Ag Statistics Service decision to drop county data collection. "We no longer use that data for crop insurance," said Rich Morrison, vice president of farm services, NAU Country. "About three years ago,…
Boozman Lauds FARMER Act
Agriculture Committee Chairman John Boozman praised North Dakota Senator John Hoeven's FARMER Act from the Senate floor. Boozman said work must be done to enhance the safety net for farmers and ranchers in the farm bill. "Here's the reality; producers…
FARMER Act-Good for Farmers and Taxpayers
North Dakota Senator John Hoeven has introduced the Federal Agriculture Risk Management Enhancement and Resilience or FARMER Act. In Hoeven’s view, this proposal puts the farm back into the farm bill. "That means we've got enhanced crop insurance, which is…
Crop Insurance Fraud Case Settled
A Washburn, North Dakota farmer has accepted a plea agreement to settle allegations of crop insurance fraud. Kent Pfaff must pay more than $390,000 in restitution and serve three years of supervised release for providing false information to the Risk…
Tronson Sentenced
U.S. District Court Chief Judge Peter Welte sentenced Buxton, North Dakota farmer Darren Wade Tronson to one year of supervised probation. In addition, Tronson must forgo a $272,000 crop insurance indemnity payment for 2019, pay $10,000 in restitution in connection…
Preparing for the ’24 Cropping Season
Premium Ag Solutions held its Ag Day in Hitterdal on Thursday. Ag Day is an opportunity to get prepared for spring. Owner Beau Jacobson said that includes everything from checking equipment ahead of planting to finalizing crop insurance decisions. “There’s…
Spring Price Discovery Period Wraps Up
USDA's Federal Crop Revenue calculations for the crop insurance price were determined in February. The average December corn price was $4.66 per bushel, down $1.25 from last year. With a national five-year average yield and an 85 percent revenue policy,…
Crop Insurance Changes
One of the biggest crop insurance changes for 2024 is for sugarbeet growers. The early harvest allowance is now an option that would need to be elected by March 15. "There are some changes with that, they changed the threshold…
