Aug. 4--BEARDSTOWN -- For Beardstown farmer Jack Hardwick, the long-term flooding of many of his fields near Beardstown, Chandlerville and Meredosia has made this year's planting season a hard one.

In the United States, farmers have access to federally subsidized crop insurance — a backstop that affords them some peace of mind in the face of extreme weather. When droughts, floods, or other ...

Learn how crop-hail insurance protects farmers against hail and fire damage, and discover its benefits compared to ...

Mar. 14—GRAND FORKS — A Buxton man was sentenced to one year of supervised probation for concealing a material fact in a matter within the jurisdiction of the U.S. government, the last of his four ...

(Reuters) - The drought ravaging America's prime farmland is having an unexpected consequence that could shape the future of agricultural finance: in some cases, farmers who have amped up their ...

It is a heavy year for prevent plant crop insurance claims as some farmers, especially in southern Illinois, struggled to find a planting window as the calendar neared July. “Our three-year average ...

Dec. 22--Federal crop insurance is supposed to be a safety net for farmers, but an ongoing Central Kentucky investigation suggests that a few are defrauding the system to harvest thousands and even ...