News Archive

2009

August

Climate Legislation; Ag Economy; Dairy Issues; Food Prices; Nutrition Programs; Crop Insurance; Animal Agriculture; and EU Imports
Keith Good, FarmPolicy.com — August 26, 2009
A news release issued on Monday by the USDA stated that, "USDA's Risk Management Agency Administrator Bill Murphy will participate in two crop insurance listening sessions in Georgia on Thursday, Aug. 27. The listening sessions will give local producers the opportunity to ask questions about the Federal Crop Insurance program and how the program can benefit Georgia producers." ...

Senators Write RMA on Crop Insurance SRA Process
USAgNet — August 24, 2009
Ten Senators wrote the head of the Risk Management Agency last week, urging cooperation as the Agency seeks to renegotiate the contract between the government and private companies that administer the federal crop insurance program...

2008 A Year In Review
Frank Schnapp, Keith Collins, Mike Sieben, and Thomas P. Zacharias, Crop Insurance TODAY — August 2009
Although the 2008 crop year is definitely behind us at the time of this publication and we are well into the 2009 crop season, the actuarial and statistical results for 2008 are now pretty firm and well into focus. ...

NW wheat starts pouring in
Growers eye insurance coverage, weather, market prices as harvest begins
Matthew Weaver, Capital Press — August 14, 2009
Crop insurance may rescue wheat farmers from low market prices as harvest gets under way in Washington's Whitman County.

The same holds true throughout the Pacific Northwest, said Dave Paul, director of the Spokane regional office of the Risk Management Agency, which oversees Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Alaska. ...