Last November, longtime USDA official Marcia Bunger became the first woman to hold the role of administrator at the Agriculture Department’s Risk Management Agency, which manages federal crop ...

Following the February price discovery period, USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) has finalized spring crop insurance prices for the 2026 crop year, establishing the revenue guarantees farmers will ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture set spring crop insurance prices for corn, soybeans and wheat for 2026, helping farmers ...

Five-year bipartisan farm bill renews and enhances crop insurance, disaster assistance, risk management programs, loans for farmers, and federal agricultural research.

Producers of fruits, vegetables and other specialty crops will be asking lawmakers for more money in the next farm bill, including new research to meet the sector’s pressing need for automation and ...

Parum: There are other risk management tools like ARC and PLC. ARC county prices this year will be set at $5.03 for corn, $12.17 for soybeans, and $6.98 for wheat. There's also PLC (which) is set by ...

Meet Eddie Drew Lewis III, a fifth-generation sugarcane farmer in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana. Lewis' grandfather gave him one rule when he started farming full time -- to always have crop ...

Farmers face different risks every year, whether it’s adverse weather affecting crops or global events limiting market access. More recently, it’s been supply-chain delays and rising input costs. We ...

Complacency can be dangerous — especially when it comes to risk management on your farm. “In agriculture, it’s very easy to just say, ‘Oh, farming is risky business.’ But telling yourself farming is a ...