The Reconciliation Bill, or the so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill” that was passed by Congress in July of 2025 made some ...

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 ...

A theme of discussions around the next farm bills is “protect crop insurance. ” But that often is followed up with something like, but “there are things we can do to tweak it.” So what are some of ...

USDA’s final rule for Stage 2 of the Supplemental Disaster Relief Program (SDRP) delivers the long-awaited second tranche of congressionally authorized natural disaster funding, with applications due ...

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins Dec. 5 announced major updates to federal crop insurance, reducing red tape for farmers, modernizing long-standing policies, and expanding access to ...

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Even as action on a new farm bill has stalled, a proposal to boost crop insurance subsidies is generating new debate on and off Capitol Hill. Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow is ...

For nearly 100 years, the history of the farm bill largely tracks the history of food production in the United States as the legislation has evolved to meet the needs of farmers and consumers alike.

Andrew Burdock, CEO of Insure.ag, says he saw a strong need for specialty crop growers to have data to make better decisions on the amount of risk they undertake with a crop insurance policy. Burdock, ...

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 ...

Year after year of drought and intense heat that have cooked crops in Texas also have fueled a clash between USDA and the crop insurance industry that has spilled over into discussions of a new farm ...

A man tends to crops on Monday, Aug. 21, 2023, along Roberts Drive in Homestead, Fla. SB 1718 is a new law imposing a series of immigration related restrictions that could affect the migrant workers ...