North Dakota’s largest farm group is pushing for adjustments to price adjustments to the PLC (Price Loss Coverage) program and to crop insurance payments to protect farmers from international trade retaliations. The U.S. House and Senate versions of a new …
Texas cotton producers say they are pleased to learn the U.S. Department of Agriculture has reconsidered its decision about implementing a provision of the farm bill. The department’s announcement means its Risk Management Agency will calculate production yields for all …
Oklahoma wheat growers are calling on the U.S. Department of Agriculture to implement a farm bill provision they say would address the ongoing drought that has plagued the region by allowing farmers to maintain enough crop insurance to cover expected …
Critics of the U.S. crop insurance program are calling for cuts to it and other agribusiness subsidies as Congress revamps farm policy. A bipartisan group of lawmakers plans to meet today in Washington to re-examine U.S. farm spending for the …
The House was expected to vote Thursday on cuts to government farm subsidies and food stamps as lawmakers move toward passage of a five-year, half trillion-dollar farm bill. Republican leaders have said they want to finish voting on the bill …
The Senate is debating cuts to the federally subsidized crop insurance program as it considers a massive farm bill this week. The Obama administration said Monday it wants to see more cuts to crop insurance and farm subsidies in the …
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 they say is an inefficient taxpayer subsidy the government cannot …
Rural lawmakers worried that $9 billion in annual federal crop insurance subsidies are an easy target for spending cuts in a deal to avert the “fiscal cliff” are shopping around for a late compromise on a farm bill to protect …