Crop Insurance 2017
Manage your risk with crop insurance (Credit Corner)
(Editor’s note: Kathi Levan is a crop insurance manager with Farm Credit.) Farming is unpredictable, with many outside forces dictating your success in the field. Since you can’t control the weather, the only thing that can guarantee a yield, or indemnity in...
Agent: Crop insurance plans need annual review
Farmers throughout the Delmarva face a hard deadline of March 15 to secure crop insurance policies for the upcoming season.There are three independent segments of the crop insurance system. The Risk Management Agency of the USDA sets the regulations for the...
Study: Climate change increased crop insurance losses
PALO ALTO, Cal. — A new Stanford University study shows hot, dry conditions caused by climate change have added billions of dollars to the cost of the federally subsidized insurance program that protects farmers against drops in crop prices and yields.The...
RMA introduces Micro Farm Program (Choice Voice)
(Editor’s note: Paul Goeringer is a University of Maryland Extension Legal Specialist Agricultural, Resource Economics. This column should not be interpreted as legal or financial advice for the reader.) A new crop insurance product is available nationwide...
Planning for a successful grain year in 2022 (Credit Corner)
(Editor’s note: Jessica Clarke is a crop insurance agent with MidAtlantic Farm Credit.) It’s no secret that this new year will intensify challenges for agriculture producers due to inflation and increase in price per acre to grow our crops. Crop insurance may...
2021 Crop Insurance Decision Tool gets released
(Editor’s note: Gary Schnitkey, Ryan Batts, Krista Swanson, Nick Paulson are faculty members of the University of Illinois’ Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics and Carl Zulauf is a professor at Ohio State University’s Department of...
Keep important deadlines and changes in mind (Choice Voice)
(Editor’s note: Paul Goeringer is a University of Maryland Extension legal specialist in agricultural and resource economics. This column should not be interpreted as legal or financial advice for the reader.) As we move forward into 2021, many of you...
Crop insurance deadline in Del., Md., N.J. is Feb. 15
RALEIGH, N.C. — The USDA’s Risk Management Agency reminds Delaware, Maryland, and New Jersey green pea growers that the final date to apply for crop insurance coverage for the 2021 crop year is Feb 15. Current policyholders who wish to make changes to...
Farmers count on crop insurance during difficult year
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — As America’s farmers and ranchers reflect back on this turbulent year, they’ll recall drought affecting much of America’s farmland, severe winds sweeping across Iowa, a record-breaking hurricane season and — oh, yes — the COVID-19...
New crop insurance options for 2021 (Credit Corner)
(Editor’s note: Kelly Bailey is a crop insurance agent with MidAtlantic Farm Credit.) The new year brings with it many new opportunities and changes for most businesses. While we are all hopeful for a better year, there are also things we can do to...
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