With the adoption of sustainable farming practices on the rise, more producers may be looking at how double or relay cropping fits into their operations. Sheila Backer, assistant vice president of ...

The deadline to purchase crop insurance for corn and soybeans for the 2024 crop year is March 15. The 2024 spring prices for corn and soybean will be reduced substantially from the base price levels ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A roundtable convened by U.S. Rep. Nikki Budzinski brought together insurance providers, farmers and agricultural organizations to discuss the role of crop insurance in protecting farmers.

Vive Crop Protection has appointed Wade Clarke (pictured) as national business development manager for Canada. Clarke, who has more than two decades of experience in Canadian agriculture, will be ...

Details of the 2026 Crop Insurance Program were announced Friday afternoon from the Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corporation (SCIC) head office in Melville. Crop insurance is a ...

Current snowpack in the headwaters of the North Platte River Basin continues to be below average. Wyoming reservoir water ...

Brokers and insurers face a key renewal window to align SCIC protection with private farm, hail and agri-business solutions ...