Quarantine Crop Insurance Now Available for Citrus, Avocados
This fall, citrus and avocado growers looking to lessen the impact that a quarantine can have on their operations, can take advantage of a pilot quarantine crop insurance program soon to be offered through Mary Roach Insurance Agency Inc. The coverage will be available by late August or early September to cover the 2010-2011 crop year […]
CUNA MUTUAL ACQUIRES FULL OWNERSHIP OF CROP INSURER PROAG Acquisition Supports Company’s Diversification, Growth Strategies and ProAg’s Growth Objectives
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 3, 2009 MADISON, Wis./AMARILLO, Tex…. CUNA Mutual Group has reached agreement with Producers Ag Insurance Group (ProAg) to become sole owner of the multi-peril crop insurer, serving farmers and agricultural producers nationwide. ProAg will operate as a standalone subsidiary of CUNA Mutual. The acquisition supports CUNA Mutual’s need to identify new growth […]
North Dakota Farmers Receive Significant Crop Insurance Indemnity Payments
The crop insurance industry has paid more than $825 million to the farmers in North Dakota for losses due to crop loss or decrease in commodity prices for 2008, according to the most recent summary of business data released by the Risk Management Agency. “The amount of indemnities paid may still continue to rise,” said Robert […]
Record Crop Insurance Indemnity Payments in 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 20, 2009 OVERLAND PARK, KAN…The results are all but final…a record $8.6 billion in crop insurance indemnity payments were made to U.S. farmers for losses in 2008 because of droughts and flooding in parts of the country along with substantial price declines for some of the majority commodities. “This was one […]
Summer rains leave area farmers with a mess
Sam Hagest, of Valley View Farms in Borden, said he hoped to plant 300 to 400 more acres of corn and soybeans in addition to the 900 he managed to plant at the 1,300-acre farm, but the wet weather made that too risky. “It costs so much now to plant crops, you have to be […]
Who is best suited to provide crop insurance?
A new report is likely to reignite the debate over who should deliver crop insurance policies to farmers and how those service providers should be compensated. Some say the federal government should stop paying so much in crop insurance subsidies, while others suggest that USDA employees could directly provide the same types of risk management […]
Vilsack: Revitalize rural America
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack visited the Delta Center in Portageville, Mo., recently for a rural community forum to discuss USDA plans to revitalize and rebuild rural America. “President Obama and I are committed to investing in and revitalizing rural communities, in part because they play an important role in our national and international food delivery […]
Indiana farmers receive crop insurance payments
The crop insurance industry has paid more than $512 million to the farmers in Indiana for losses due to crop loss or decrease in commodity prices for 2008, according to the most recent summary of business data released by the Risk Management Agency. “The amount of indemnities paid may still continue to rise,” said Robert Parkerson, […]
Iowa Farmers Receive Significant Crop Insurance Indemnity Payments
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 8, 2009 OVERLAND PARK, KAN…The crop insurance industry has paid almost $1.1 billion to the farmers in Iowa for losses due to crop loss or decrease in commodity prices for 2008, according to the most recent summary of business data released by the Risk Management Agency. “The amount of indemnities paid […]
Kansas Farmers Receive Significant Crop Insurance Indemnity Payments
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 8, 2009 OVERLAND PARK, KAN…The crop insurance industry has paid over $409 million to the farmers in Kansas for losses due to crop loss or decrease in commodity prices for 2008, according to the most recent summary of business data released by the Risk Management Agency. “The amount of indemnities paid […]
