Federal crop insurance pours billions of taxpayer money into corn and soybeans in Illinois, but leaves small fruit and vegetable farmers exposed. As climate risks grow, one Illinois specialty farmer says diversity, not subsidies, is his safety net.| KRCU Public Radio
You might recall in the wake of Donald Trump’s first inauguration how POTUS, angry about discussion over the size of his swearing-in crowd, trotted out press secretary Sean Spicer to set the record straight. Spicer dressed down the media, saying it was engaging “in deliberately false reporting,” and the facts indicated that “this was the […]| Investigate Midwest
With a deep understanding of agriculture, AFSC claims adjusters deliver a professional and supportive experience, even in uncertain times.| Agriculture Financial Services Corporation
“This adjustment enables producers to act swiftly to salvage crops for livestock feed rather than watch their fields deteriorate further, and risk harvesting nothing,” explained Jesse Cole, Insurance Products and Product Innovation manager with Agriculture Financial Services (AFSC). “For 2025 only, we are doubling the low yield allowance for cereal and pulse crops. This increases […] The post Low yield threshold increased for 2025 appeared first on Agriculture Financial Services Corpo...| Agriculture Financial Services Corporation
The 2025 crop year continues to be challenging in some regions of Alberta. Agriculture Financial Services Corporation (AFSC) has adjusted the low yield allowance, enabling farmers to salvage crops for livestock feed in an effort to reduce producers’ feed-related costs. Read the full announcement: From a tough crop year to livestock feed gains | alberta.ca […] The post From a tough crop year to livestock feed gains appeared first on Agriculture Financial Services Corporation.| Agriculture Financial Services Corporation
Alberta farmers can move more quickly to salvage poor crops for feed, after the federal and provincial governments announced increases to AFSC's low yield allowances for the 2025 crop year.| Alberta Farmer Express
Farmers Mutual Hail Insurance Co. of Iowa has made its first venture outside the U.S., buying the 80 per cent of Prairie crop hail insurance firm Palliser| Grainews
On Thursday, April 18, 2018, the House Agriculture Committee reported its version of the farm bill titled the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018 (House Ag Committee Press Release, April 18, 2018). The vote to report the bill to the full House was 26 to 20 and notable because the vote was partisan; no Democrats voted […]| PolicyMatters
