U.S. Initiates Emergency Crop Insurance Procedures in States Hit by Extreme Drought July 14, 2021 Responding to extreme drought conditions in parts of the country, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is authorizing emergency procedures...
Wine ‘Smoke Taint’ Disputes Linger 2 Years After Wildfires January 31, 2020 By Tyler Gerking Recent wildfires in California Wine Country, particularly those that devastated parts of Napa and Sonoma counties in October 2017, have...
Another Kentucky Farmer Admits Crop Insurance Fraud December 30, 2019 LEXINGTON, Ky. — Another Central Kentucky farmer has pleaded guilty in a crop insurance fraud scheme that a federal prosecutor...
Weather Chaos Expected to Leave Record U.S. Corn Acres Unplanted May 30, 2019 For months, traders debated which crops U.S. farmers would sow this year. That discussion is now turning to how many...
Incessant Rain Puts U.S. Farmers on Insurance-Deadline Watch May 28, 2019 By Michael Hirtzer Kansas farmer Mark Nelson had until Saturday to plant his corn or lose the insurance that protects him from a...
U.S. Disaster Aid Won’t Cover Crops Drowned by Midwest Floods April 2, 2019 By Tom Polansek MALVERN, Iowa — The Black Hawk military helicopter flew over Iowa, giving a senior U.S. agriculture official and U.S. senator...
More than 1 Million Acres of U.S. Cropland Ravaged by Floods April 1, 2019 By P.J. Huffstutter, Humeyra Pamuk 6 MIN READ CHICAGO/COLUMBUS, Neb. — At least 1 million acres of U.S. farmland were flooded after the “bomb cyclone” storm left wide...
`Recipe for Flooding’ Threatens Great Plains Wheat on Red River March 20, 2019 By Brian K. Sullivan and Michael Hirtzer As the Midwest recovers from record flooding, cities and towns along the Red River in Minnesota, North Dakota and Canada...
South Carolina Governor Won’t Seek Direct Aid for $376M in Flood Damaged Crops December 10, 2015 By SEANNA ADCOX Farmers packed the Statehouse on Monday to beg Gov. Nikki Haley to ask Congress for money to offset their estimated...
Texas Cotton Farmers Say Farm Bill Provision Saves Crop Insurance October 24, 2014 Texas cotton producers say they are pleased to learn the U.S. Department of Agriculture has reconsidered its decision about implementing...