crop insurance

HELENA, Mont. – Montana farmers who bought state hail insurance in 2024 will receive a 10% refund of the premiums they paid. The Montana Board of Hail Insurance approved the …

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) today sent a letter to Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins to request the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) develop a transparent set of …

Crop insurance will provide better risk protection for corn growers this year, which leaves farmers exposed to heavier losses on soybeans and supports ideas that farmers could plant up to …

The USDA announced changes to the Enhanced Coverage Option (ECO) beginning with the 2025 crop year. USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) is expanding coverage options to additional crops as well …

BOZEMAN, Montana), June 11, 2024 – Agricultural producers in Montana should make an appointment with their local Farm Service Agency (FSA) office to complete crop acreage reports before the applicable deadline after …

Republicans on the Senate Agriculture Committee have proposed putting $4 billion into the national crop insurance program. That means the government would pay a larger share of the policy premiums …

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, a senior member of the Senate Agriculture Committee and Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee, today introduced the Federal Agriculture Risk Management Enhancement …

The National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG) completed the second part of its 2023 summer Farm Bill fly-ins. The first round of hill visits happened earlier this summer in July. …

Spring reference prices for crop insurance were set at $5.91 per bushel of corn, $13.76 per bushel of soybeans and $8.87 per bushel of spring wheat, as the market closed …

This week, the House Republican Steering Committee elected Glenn GT Thomspon as Chairman of the House Ag Committee. Thompson said he will put farmers at the top of his priority …