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 ...

IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alliant Insurance Services has acquired Windmark Crop Division, a Texas-based provider of crop and agribusiness insurance solutions. From yield protection to crop hail ...

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 ...

With the March 17 deadline approaching for farmers to purchase crop insurance for spring seeded crops like corn and soybeans, National Crop Insurance Services (NCIS) released results of a near-record ...

Jul. 13—Whether you're a farmer or a gardener, you know how much the weather affects your crops. It's been a very wet summer so far in southeastern Indiana, especially in recent weeks when it seems ...

The government could save taxpayers "hundreds of millions per year" by reducing crop insurance companies’ rate of return on the program in line with market conditions, according to the Government ...

This week’s Open Mic guest is Dr. Tom Zacharias, President of the National Crop Insurance Services. Crop insurance companies have proven effective in providing risk management resources for farmers ...

Claim payments to American farmers hit by the 2012 drought topped $3.5 billion this week, according to the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation. That includes more than $245 million in compensation to ...

WASHINGTON -- The federally subsidized crop insurance industry, which found itself the subject of a congressional investigation in the last Congress and had give up part of its budget in the farm bill ...

WASHINGTON — In Gaines County, a hot and dry stretch of West Texas with a population of fewer than 22,000 people, cotton farmers don’t just rely on federal crop insurance to save them in bad years — ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Farmers will be paid a record $16 billion in crop insurance claims for 2012 because of the widespread drought, a staggering amount that has critics calling for changes to what ...