Crop Insurance Vital to America’s Family Farms
Just before the end of 2018, the Economic Research Service at the United States Department of Agriculture released a report analyzing data from a 2017 survey of farmers across the country. This report – titled “America’s Diverse Family Farms” – presents the facts behind farming in America. According to the USDA: Ninety-eight percent of U.S. […]
USDA: Farmers Face Unrivaled Income Volatility
According to a survey of more than 20,000 American farmers, 58 percent have experienced income fluctuations of at least 50 percent over the course of two consecutive years. Fewer than 10 percent for all U.S. households experienced the same level of variation. USDA’s Economic Research Service examined farmers’ income volatility from 1997 to 2013 using […]
USDA Under Secretary Scuse on Crop Insurance: “I wouldn’t dream of farming without it.”
USDA’s under secretary for Farm and Foreign Ag Services, Michael Scuse, openly admits he didn’t always buy crop insurance on his Delaware farm back in the 1980s and 90s. But today, he wouldn’t consider farming without it. “Back in the 1980s and 90s, you couldn’t give me crop insurance. It didn’t work on my farm,” […]
Congressional Leaders, Administration Officials and Farm Groups Praise Crop Insurance
“Over the last 15 years, crop insurance is where we have been trying to help move farmers in terms of taking advantage of risk management tools for their crops,” House Majority Leader John Boehner told Agri-Pulse during a taped interview. The leader’s comments came as both the House and Senate began hearings on the next […]
The 2011 Crop Year is Off to a Challenging Start
The hopes of the largest and most profitable harvest in U.S. history are being placed into question by a series of historic weather events that are inflicting major damage to America’s agricultural heartland. A cold spring followed by heavy, constant rain and flooding in the corn belt has resulted in extensive delays in plantings with […]
