Farmers struggling to cover increased production costs are taking advantage of reduced premiums on federal crop insurance ...

Day to day, running a farm takes a lot of work. “You can see the soybean pods starting to form,” Lee Tesdell, a farm owner in Iowa, said. Farms are facing more and more unknowns due to a changing ...

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

In comments submitted to USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA), North Dakota Farmers Union urged RMA to reinstate the “buy-up” ...

In recent years, the federal crop insurance program’s subsidy costs have risen, driven primarily by the growth in total premiums. Much of the recent growth in federal crop insurance expenditures has ...

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 ...

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" ...