With heavy amounts of rainfall this spring and summer, it's important to know how to get the most out of your crop insurance coverage. With water standing in many fields across the region, David ...

From rethinking plant populations and fertility to SCO/ECO coverage, the two high-yield farmers share their plans for managing ongoing volatility.

WASHINGTON — Rural bank executives and crop insurance agents testified at a Senate hearing last week in support of a modernized crop insurance market that helps upstart producers manage growing risks, ...

WASHINGTON, July 7-- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Risk Management Agency has issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced changes to several crop ...

Crop insurance companies and their agents have spent years fighting off cuts in Congress or at USDA. Now, they're arguing limits imposed more than a decade ago are unfairly shrinking returns for ...

FARGO, N.D. -- A new head of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Risk Management Agency on May 2 got an earful from U.S. Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., and a roomful of farmers and crop insurance agents ...

Alfalfa and forage growers may want consider an insurance program that can help them cover financial risk. Glenda Blindert, a crop insurance agent at Blindert Insurance Agency, Salem, South Dakota, ...

Pat Swanson, an Iowa farmer and former crop insurance agent appointed by President Trump to run the Agriculture Department’s Risk Management Agency, said her highest priority since taking the job ...

VOLGA, S.D. - As parts of the region have experienced heavy rainfall and flooding throughout this spring and summer, many agricultural producers are now faced with making management decisions for the ...