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Insurance Company Ordered to be Liquidated

Wednesday, August 23 by News Room

By Lucky Kidd KANSAS — A Shawnee County District Judge has declared a Kansas insurance company insolvent. MutualAid eXchange had been placed in rehabilitation proceedings earlier this month, and the order issued Tuesday appoints Kansas Commissioner of Insurance... Read More.

CRP, market competition, crop insurance, among farm bill listening session topics

Wednesday, August 2 by Brownfield Ag News

Competition for farmland, market concentration, and protecting the crop safety net were among issues brought forward during a farm bill listening session hosted by House Agriculture Committee chair Glenn “GT” Thompson in southwest Minnesota Wednesday. Minnesota Farm Bureau president Dan Glessing told Thompson... Read More.

Farmer: crop insurance ensures we don’t go backward

Thursday, July 27 by Brownfield Ag News

Farmers continue to urge Congress to protect crop insurance and other safety net measures in the 2023 Farm Bill. Keevin Lemenager farms in Monrovia, Indiana and serves as chairman of the Indiana Soybean Alliance (ISA) Membership and Policy Committee. “Crop insurance is very important. Even... Read More.

Crop insurance: Advice for now and next year

Tuesday, July 25 by Brownfield Ag News

Andrew Shulenburg with Compeer Financial discusses some damage claim basics and he encourages farmers to plan now for 2024. ... Crop insurance: Advice for now and next year

INFB Shop Talk: crop insurance among top farm bill concerns

Wednesday, July 19 by Brownfield Ag News

Crop insurance, labor, and rural broadband are top of mind for Hoosier farmers as the House and Senate Ag Committees work to draft the 2023 Farm Bill. These topics and more came up during a recent Indiana Farm Bureau Shop Talk meeting with Senators... Read More.

USDA expands insurance coverage options for specialty crops

Wednesday, July 12 by Brownfield Ag News

The USDA is expanding its insurance coverage options for specialty crops. Risk Management Agency administrator Marcia Bunger says enterprise units, which allow a producer to insure all acres of an insured crop in the county together, will be available to more crops, including alfalfa... Read More.

40 Square health insurance cooperative offers wide variety of plans

Wednesday, June 28 by Brownfield Ag News

A health insurance cooperative is looking for Minnesota farmers and agribusinesses in need of coverage. 40 Square chairman Cole Trebesch says they offer a variety of competitive plans. “Anything from lower deductibles to higher deductibles, we have ESPCA Network which is only available in certain... Read More.

Farm Bill negotiations over funding, nutrition and crop insurance ramp up

Monday, June 19 by Brownfield Ag News

As 2023 Farm Bill negotiations continue to ramp up, some Congressional lawmakers say the legislation faces an uphill battle. “Things are moving slower than, I think, what all of us had planned at the beginning of the year.” Nebraska Senator Deb Fischer, a Republican... Read More.

Cap on crop insurance premiums could enhance risk management

Monday, June 12 by Brownfield Ag News

A new study explores the impact of capping crop insurance premiums in the next farm bill. North Dakota State University research professor David Bullock says he looked at 2022 farmer data and the economic consequences of a premium-to-liability ratio of four percent. “Of course you’re... Read More.

Crop insurance top of farmers’ list for 2023 Farm Bill

Thursday, June 8 by Brownfield Ag News

Maintaining crop insurance remains the top request from farmers for the 2023 Farm Bill. El Paso, Illinois farmer Rob Schaffer tells Brownfield that was a hot topic during a recent meeting of Representative Darin LaHood’s Ag Advisory Committee. “I would suggest that all the farmers... Read More.

Survey: farmers say crop insurance is a top farm bill priority

Wednesday, June 7 by Brownfield Ag News

Nearly half of the farmers surveyed in the latest Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Survey say the crop insurance title is the most important aspect of a new farm bill to their operations. Jim Mintert, the survey’s principal investigator, tells Brownfield, “48 percent (of... Read More.

National Crop Insurance Services outlines program impact

Thursday, June 1 by Brownfield Ag News

Farmers this past year have invested nearly $7 billion in crop insurance policies. National Crop Insurance Services President Tom Zacharias tells Brownfield coverage spans nearly 500 million acres in the U.S. “Crop insurance for the major field crops covers about 90 percent of planted acres,... Read More.

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