“It’s March Madness, but has nothing to do with college basketball,” says Steve Johnson, retired farm business extension adviser from Iowa State University. There are days left before the March 15 ...

World Insurance Associates LLC ("World"), a Top 50 Insurance Brokerage, announced today that it acquired the business of Heuring Crop Insurance ("Heuring") of Boonville, IN on November 1, 2025. Terms ...

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 ...

In an effort to provide the best risk protection for ag producers in the High Plains region of Texas, Capital Farm Credit has acquired Ag Crop Insurance Agency. Ag Crop, which has been family-owned ...

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 ...

Farmers face increasing uncertainty from extreme weather, shifting markets, and rising costs, making crop insurance a vital safety net. Choosing the right policy—whether yield-based, revenue-based, or ...

As USDA is cutting programs that support sustainability and market access for smaller farmers, the Department has made a ...

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 ...

During the next few weeks, farm operators will be finalizing their crop insurance decisions for the 2025 crop year. March 15 is the deadline to purchase crop insurance for the 2025 crop year. The 2025 ...

Founding father Benjamin Franklin was spot-on almost three centuries ago when he noted — in print, no less — that two unavoidable facts of life were death and taxes. Had Ben been in the “Almanack” ...

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — This year marks the 30th anniversary of what is referred to as the foundation of the modern crop insurance program. "The Crop Insurance Reform Act of 1994 came on the heals of ...