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 ...

As February closes, row crop farmers have their first major pricing benchmark for 2026, with federal crop insurance spring prices now finalized for corn, soybeans, and spring wheat. The numbers reveal ...

With the March 16 sign-up deadline approaching for 2026 spring-seeded crops, National Crop Insurance Services (NCIS) has reported record participation in US crop and livestock insurance for the 2025 ...

Inszone Insurance Services has acquired Ohio Valley Insurance, an independent agency specializing in agricultural and crop insurance, the company announced, marking the Sacramento-based brokerage’s ...

"Record participation in 2025 demonstrates the value farmers and ranchers place on crop insurance," said NCIS President Tom Zacharias. "In a time of tight margins and increasing weather uncertainty, ...

As farmers focus on changes to crop insurance ahead of the March 16 deadline, Ben Rand say some of the most valuable risk tools have existed for years, but there are also key changes farmers shouldn't ...

As has been often said with farming ... “every year is different,” and many times decisions for the current crop year are based on what happened in the previous year or two. That could be the scenario ...

As part of the latest deal to avoid a government shutdown, Congress passed a yearlong extension of the 2018 farm bill, which expired earlier this year. And while bipartisanship in Washington can be ...

Founding father Benjamin Franklin was spot-on almost three centuries ago when he noted — in print, no less — that two unavoidable facts of life were death and taxes. Had Ben been in the “Almanack” ...