Sticking points over costs and priorities are complicating lawmakers’ efforts to pass expansive legislation.

ADA, Minn. -- Farmers across this small community discovered the shortfalls in crop insurance coverage the hard way. Flooding, hail storms and high winds damaged or destroyed the region's crops during ...

Tom Zacharias, president of National Crop Insurance Services, Pat Swanson, RMA Administrator, and Ken Selzer, associate RMA administrator. (Agri-Pulse photo) RMA Administrator Pat Swanson says she's ...

For farmers who grow anything but soybeans and corn in Illinois, buying crop insurance is nearly impossible. Even an insurance agent couldn’t figure out how to safeguard his vegetable and poultry farm ...

With the March 16 deadline approaching for farmers to purchase crop insurance for spring-seeded crops like corn and soybeans, National Crop Insurance Services (NCIS) today released record-setting ...

A rainbow of crops fills farmer Abbey Innes’ table at the Columbia Farmers Market: tomatoes, squash, garlic, kale and flower bouquets — all from her and her husband’s 15-acre farm in Howard County.

Dec. 22--Federal crop insurance is supposed to be a safety net for farmers, but an ongoing Central Kentucky investigation suggests that a few are defrauding the system to harvest thousands and even ...