Drop crop insurance? Choose cheaper options? The decision boils down to how much risk you and your lender will accept.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins recently announced major updates to federal crop insurance, reducing red tape for farmers, modernizing long-standing policies, and expanding access to ...

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 ...

Percy Carroll is easing along the backroads of Matagorda County in southeast Texas, taking note of a 300-acre field of green grass and weeds staggered 1’ to 2’ high. It’s a farmer’s expanded version ...

With the adoption of sustainable farming practices on the rise, more producers may be looking at how double or relay cropping fits into their operations. Sheila Backer, assistant vice president of ...

With only a few notable exceptions, grain, oilseed and specialty crop prices are lower than last year at this time. Some ...

A Cave City farmer was sentenced to more than four years in federal prison after pleading guilty in a crop insurance fraud ...

Larry Walden, a Cave City farmer, was sentenced to 52 months incarceration by U.S. District Judge Karen Caldwell. Walden pled ...

Seven Kentucky farmers have been sentenced in a multi-million dollar crop insurance fraud conspiracy that cost insurers ...

Don Fullerton is affiliated with the University of Illinois' Center for Business and Public Policy and Institute of Government and Public Affairs. He has received funding from the National Science ...