Learn how crop-hail insurance protects farmers against hail and fire damage, and discover its benefits compared to ...

The federally subsidized crop insurance program guarantees that farmers will receive close to their expected revenues every year while relying on a costly delivery system operated by private insurance ...

Recently, private crop insurance companies have captured over 40 percent of the annual subsidies for the federal crop insurance program, the purposes of which have expanded well beyond the program’s ...

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 ...

Federally subsidized crop insurance made record-high payouts last year. While climate change is making farming more risky, the federal program often shields producers at taxpayer expense. Some argue ...

A nonpartisan watchdog found that some farmers received more than $3 million in federal crop insurance subsidies and that much of the program’s funds were paid to insurance companies for ...

The USDA on Friday said federal crop insurance access will be expanded via a final rule from the Federal Crop Insurance Corp. to amend its regulations in compliance with the "One Big Beautiful Bill" ...

It’s been a hectic couple of weeks in Congress. In a historically unprecedented vote, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) was removed from the speakership in a putsch led by Representative Matt Gaetz ...

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 ...

The Federal Crop Insurance Act, passed in 1938 initially was an experiment designed to help agriculture recover from the double whammy of the Great Depression and Dust Bowl years. The act created the ...