News Archive

2009

April

NCC encourages crop insurance updates
Ron Smith, Southeast Farm Press — April 27, 2009
Rickey Bearden depends on crop insurance as an integral part of the risk management program he employs on his Yoakum County, Texas, cotton, peanut and grain farm. ...

Crop Insurance; Climate Change; Biofuels; CFTC Issue; Peanuts; and a CAP Update
Keith Good, FarmPolicy.com — April 23, 2009
Crop Insurance- Detailed Audio Backgrounder
Yesterday, I had the opportunity to speak with former USDA Chief Economist Keith Collins and Bob Parkerson, the president of National Crop Insurance Services about the federal crop insurance program. ... Audio Clip

MGGA President Speaks-Out for Crop Insurance
KBFF.com — April 22, 2009
The President of the Montana Grain Growers Association was in Washington, D.C., today, to testify about the Federal Crop Insurance Program. Bing Von Bergen appeared before the House Ag Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management. ...

Be SURE before Replacing Wheat
Pat Hill, DTN Market Matters Blog — April 21, 2009
Producers whose winter wheat crop was lost in the early April freeze need to be careful not to void disaster aid available from SURE.

That's the advice from Art Barnaby, KSU ag economist and crop insurance specialist. ...

Sec. Vilsack; Energy Bill (Cap and Trade); Budget; Crop Insurance; Cuba; and Prospective Plantings
Keith Goode, Farmpolicy.com — April 1, 2009
The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued a news release yesterday which stated that, "Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack testified before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture today Secretary Vilsack outlined the Administration's plans to bring reform to USDA and discussed how the President's budget will revitalize rural America." ...