As February closes, row crop farmers have their first major pricing benchmark for 2026, with federal crop insurance spring prices now finalized for corn, soybeans, and spring wheat. The numbers reveal ...

As farmers focus on changes to crop insurance ahead of the March 16 deadline, Ben Rand say some of the most valuable risk tools have existed for years, but there are also key changes farmers shouldn't ...

Many are anticipating a tough year financially for farmers in 2025, but experts urge producers to not let up on their crop insurance policies. The end rows of a corn field north of Mandan, North ...

Climate change is making insuring crops more risky, but the federally subsidized crop insurance program's payouts are up 500%. With a new Farm Bill coming, critics want to rethink the program. Farming ...

"Record participation in 2025 demonstrates the value farmers and ranchers place on crop insurance," said NCIS President Tom Zacharias. "In a time of tight margins and increasing weather uncertainty, ...

Day to day, running a farm takes a lot of work. “You can see the soybean pods starting to form,” Lee Tesdell, a farm owner in Iowa, said. Farms are facing more and more unknowns due to a changing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CENTRAL ILLINOIS (WCIA) — With the unfriendly farm economy, those who have the biggest challenge are young farmers. However, some ...

Crop insurance industry leaders, former congressmen and commodity groups gathered recently for their annual industry conference to highlight the importance of their public-private partnership, the ...

Even as action on a new farm bill has stalled, a proposal to boost crop insurance subsidies is generating new debate on and off Capitol Hill. Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow is ...

As part of the latest deal to avoid a government shutdown, Congress passed a yearlong extension of the 2018 farm bill, which expired earlier this year. And while bipartisanship in Washington can be ...