COMBO merges revenue products
A new Common Crop Insurance Policy has just one revenue product.
View ArticleFarm-level revenue insurance choices
When farm-level revenue crop insurance policies are used, most Illinois farmers now purchase 80 and 85 percent coverage levels.
View ArticleThe premium rate shuffle
You may benefit from lower rates in much of the Corn Belt, along with a chance to boost your average yields.
View ArticleInsuring against bad weather
The Climate Corporation offers private buy-up crop insurance policies that cover weather-related shallow losses, a way of protecting part of your profit.
View ArticleCostly crop insurance?
Premiums could more than double if USDA subsidies are capped for large farms.
View ArticleCrop insurance jitters
Higher costs may be ahead, but government subsidies likely stay the same for 2013.
View ArticleCrop insurance tax traps
The IRS gives you less flexibility in managing income from indemnity payments than from grain sales.
View ArticleHow parametric crop insurance works
It pays out when certain weather thresholds – like high temperatures – are reached.
View ArticleWhat Happens if You Pay Crop Insurance Late?
Some buyer’s regret comes with writing a check for something you don’t use, but write the check you must, if you want to continue to have crop insurance.
View ArticleBig Yields + Low Prices = Insurance Payout?
Early October futures for new-crop corn and soybeans suggested that even with record yields, prices may be low enough to trigger modest crop insurance indemnity payments this year. “Even with high...
View ArticleUSDA Delays Crop Insurance Yield Improvements
USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) is rolling out a number of new initiatives enacted by the 2014 Farm Bill. However, one key provision, the APH Yield Option, is being delayed until 2016, if RMA has...
View ArticleVilsack, Crop Insurance Get a Close Look
Crop insurance is the centerpiece of the farm safety net, a victory for farm groups who made a strong insurance program their top priority for the 2014 farm law. Now, a year after that success, the...
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