Tag Archives: crop insurance

From the Risk Management Agency The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds producers in Idaho, Oregon and Washington states to apply for crop insurance coverage for the 2019 crop year before the sales closing dates. Current policyholders who wish to make changes to their existing coverage also have until the sales closing dates to do so. ... Read More »

From the Oregonian Cynthia Kortge had just gotten home from work when she started grabbing treasures she couldn’t leave behind. Officials had ordered a Level 3 evacuation. The warning means: Go now. A fire that eventually burned almost 80,000 acres in some of Oregon’s prime wheat country was creeping up on her two-story yellow home and the family’s farm. Read ... Read More »

The National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG), along with many state wheat grower organizations, sent a letter from more than 638 organizations to the Senate urging them to oppose the introduction of harmful crop insurance amendments as the farm bill moves to the floor. In the letter, NAWG states its opposition to harmful amendments that would reduce or limit participation in ... Read More »

From NW News Network The U.S. House of Representatives recently failed to pass a farm bill and Northwest farmers are worried that the process is not plowing ahead. The farm bill is a massive piece of federal policy that guides everything from food stamps to land conservation to agricultural research. One of the top things the farm bill does is ... Read More »