From rethinking plant populations and fertility to SCO/ECO coverage, the two high-yield farmers share their plans for managing ongoing volatility.

The deadline to purchase crop insurance for corn and soybeans for the 2024 crop year is March 15. The 2024 spring prices for corn and soybean will be reduced substantially from the base price levels ...

A roundtable convened by U.S. Rep. Nikki Budzinski brought together insurance providers, farmers and agricultural organizations to discuss the role of crop insurance in protecting farmers.

Farmers have become so dependent on disaster payments in recent years that agricultural leaders need to rethink the farm safety net, a prominent crop insurance lobbyist said during the Crop ...

As has been often said with farming ... “every year is different,” and many times decisions for the current crop year are based on what happened in the previous year or two. That could be the scenario ...

The farm economy is strained as input costs remain elevated, commodity prices are still soft, and global markets remain ...

When Iowa farmer and crop insurance agent Pat Swanson was named to lead USDA’s Risk Management Agency in March of 2025, she ...

In addition to higher farm payments and better crop insurance, Paul Neiffer says the most overlooked impact of the One Big Beautiful Bill could be how farmers structure their operations.

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 ...

North Dakota farmers will be without a key federal crop insurance option this year as they prepare for spring planting. As part of federally subsidized crop insurance, farmers are insured when the ...

U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids invited a Kansas agricultural leader to President Donald Trump's State of the Union as the farm bill markup begins.