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Strengthening Crop Insurance

Published December 11, 2023

During the House Agriculture Committee Member Day, Minnesota Congresswoman Michelle Fischbach testified in support of a strong crop insurance program as a way to save on ad hoc disaster assistance. “I believe there’s an important opportunity to address this in…

Crop Insurance Will Likely be Triggered

Published November 4, 2023

The crop insurance harvest prices were determined in October. Ihry Insurance agent Reed Ihry is expecting crop insurance payments to be triggered in some counties. “Just on a 75 or 80 percent coverage level, if you had any kind of…

Waiting for Final Harvest Price

Published October 10, 2023

Harvest season is progressing rapidly and some areas with variable crop conditions could be dealing with a different crop insurance situation than recent years. MinnStar Bank Farm Management Analyst Kent Thiesse says even if yields are above actual production history…

Crop Insurance Critics Seek Change

Published September 29, 2023

Oregon Congressman Earl Blumenauer and South Carolina Congressman Ralph Norman have introduced a bill requiring USDA to publicly disclose the names of the farmers receiving crop insurance payments and the amount received. If this bill passed, crop insurance payments would…

New Crop Insurance Proposal Advanced

Published August 23, 2023

The Midwest Council on Agriculture has endorsed a crop insurance proposal that would make higher coverage levels more affordable. It would increase the premium support for revenue protection on the 80 and 85 percent coverage levels. "It makes a big…

Crop Insurance Targeted in New Bill

Published July 24, 2023

New Jersey Senator Cory Booker and Oregon Representative Andrea Salinas have introduced legislation that would gut the crop insurance program. This bill seeks a renegotiation of the Standard Reinsurance Agreement focusing crop insurance on farms of 180 acres or less.…

Crop Insurance Favored Over Ad Hoc Disaster Bills

Published June 28, 2023

According to House Agriculture Committee Chair Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson, 80 percent of the money spent on agriculture over the last five years has been outside of the 2018 farm bill. That includes disaster relief, trade mitigation assistance and COVID money.…

Prevented Planting Reminders

Published May 26, 2023

Countryside Insurance Agency owner Jennifer Otteson says prevent plant acres should be lower than last year in the Red River Valley. That doesn't mean there aren't some wet spots. “As you go west out of the Valley and get more…

Corn Growers Testify on Farm Bill Priorities

Published May 8, 2023

National Corn Growers Association First Vice President Harold Wolle testified about the importance of protecting crop insurance programs in farm bill hearing this past week with the U.S. Senate Ag Subcommittee on Nutrition and Forestry. “Our farm bill recommendations seek…

NDGGA Talks Crop Insurance on Capitol Hill

Published March 2, 2023

A North Dakota Grain Growers Association Fly-in to Washington, D.C. focused on pesticides regulations, trade, crop insurance and more. NDGGA President Ed Kessel said it was noted that moving the crop insurance payment date would better align with the marketing…

Articles tagged under: crop insurance

Strengthening Crop Insurance

Crop Insurance Will Likely be Triggered

Waiting for Final Harvest Price

Crop Insurance Critics Seek Change

New Crop Insurance Proposal Advanced

Crop Insurance Targeted in New Bill

Crop Insurance Favored Over Ad Hoc Disaster Bills

Prevented Planting Reminders

Corn Growers Testify on Farm Bill Priorities

NDGGA Talks Crop Insurance on Capitol Hill

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