Congress required several changes to crop insurance as part of the 2018 Farm Bill and the Risk Management Agency has been rapidly working to get the new rules in place. That’s in addition to trying to ...
That’s the good thing for many farmers and ranchers who were hit with too much rain or harsh weather conditions in 2019. Last year will go down in the record books as another big year for crop ...
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 ...
Federal crop insurance has undergone many revisions since its establishment by Congress 95 years ago, but its original intent to keep farmers on the land has remained steadfast. The Federal Crop ...
What a difference a year makes. In 2020, the spring crop insurance prices for corn, soybeans and cotton were near the lowest levels of the last decade (Crop Insurance Guarantees Fall in 2020). Now, on ...
photo credit: Arkansas Farm Bureau, used with permission. USDA’s recently released spring crop insurance prices for corn and soybeans were among the lowest in the last 10 years. Cotton prices dropped ...