Articles tagged under: WHIP+ Program
WHIP+ Program Quality Loss Adjustment Expected in 2021
Published December 22, 2020
North Dakota Senator John Hoeven tells the Red River Farm Network he expects USDA to have more details about the quality loss adjustment piece of the WHIP+ program in early January. "FSA had to get the other programs out. The…WHIP+ Program Gets More Funding to Continue Payments
Published December 22, 2020
With President Trump's signature of the government funding bill, USDA will honor all 2018 and 2019 crop losses in the WHIP+ program and fund quality loss adjustments. For months, Northern Plains farmers have been waiting for their WHIP+ program payments…MN Farmer Looks Back at Year of Leading Sugarbeet Growers
Published December 3, 2020
Red River Valley Sugarbeet Growers Association President and Ada, Minnesota farmer Neil Rockstad is wrapping up a one-year term in office. "Reflecting on the last year, we were busy with the WHIP+ program. I began my term following the monumental…WHIP+ Application Process is Ongoing
Published November 20, 2020
USDA Farm Service Agency Administrator Richard Fordyce says local FSA offices are continuing to process WHIP+ applications. Sign-up for WHIP+ ended in October. "That work is still ongoing and it should be finished up soon and we'll see where we…USDA Still Working Through WHIP+ Program Backlog
Published November 15, 2020
As of October 27, a few days before the WHIP+ program sign-up closed, the USDA paid out more than $79.1 million to North Dakota farmers for the 2019 crop year and more than $14 million for 2018. In Minnesota, USDA…Hoeven Updates on WHIP+ 2019 Payments and Quality Loss
Published November 12, 2020
The WHIP+ program sign-up wrapped up at the end of October, but local farmers are still waiting for payments. For those waiting for the remaining half of the 2019 payments, North Dakota Senator John Hoeven says it will be funded.…FSA Continues Work on WHIP+ Program Quality Loss Provisions
Published November 5, 2020
According to North Dakota Senator John Hoeven, the Farm Service Agency is working to complete the implementation process of quality loss coverage under the WHIP+ program. Hoeven met with FSA Administrator Richard Fordyce the first week of November. To complete…Questions Remain on Status of 2019 WHIP+ Payments
Published October 22, 2020
There are fewer than 10 days left until the WHIP+ program sign-up closes and some farmers still waiting on half or all of their payments. Texas A&M University Agriculture and Food Policy Center co-director Bart Fischer says there isn’t a…WHIP+ Program Addressed at Crop Insurance Meeting
Published October 19, 2020
Pro Farmer Washington policy analyst Jim Wiesemeyer told crop insurance agents the WHIP+ program is a well-intended program, but its implementation is a disaster. "It's one of the worst implementations I've seen from the USDA in recent years. There's some…