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Crop insurance deadline nears
A few years ago, I phoned area crop insurance agents just prior to the annual March 15 deadline forpurchasing or modifying crop insurance for spring-planted crops. I was curious about the trends and p...
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‘Now’s the time’ for new farm bill

‘Now’s the time’ for new farm bill EAST GRAND FORKS, Minn. — The sooner the next farm bill is passed, the better, an aide to Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., said.

By Jonathan Knutson , March 01, 2012

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No change in crop insurance delivery

WASHINGTON — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Feb. 17 he has no plans to turn the crop insurance program over to the Farm Service Agency county offices, although the cost of the program and the future of the county offices came up repeatedly at the secretary’s annual appearance before the House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee.

By Jerry Hagstrom , February 27, 2012

Schafer at USDA's 150th

Schafer at USDA's 150th FARGO, N.D. — Former Agriculture secretaries Ed Schafer from North Dakota and Bob Bergland from Minnesota have been invited to Washington, D.C., to be among dignitaries gathered for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s annual Ag Outlook Forum.

By Mikkel Pates , February 27, 2012

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Vilsack grilled on budget request

Vilsack grilled on budget request WASHINGTON — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack may have thought he was complying with the mood in Congress recently when he presented a budget with a minimum of increases, but at a four-hour hearing before the House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee he got a full dose of members’ views on cuts to the programs they think are important.

By Jerry Hagstrom , February 27, 2012

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Obama releases ag budet

Obama releases ag budet President Barack Obama and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Feb. 13 released a proposed fiscal year 2013 Agriculture Department budget that would eliminate the direct payment program and cut crop insurance but reinstate permanent disaster programs and increase competitive grants for agricultural research.

By Jerry Hagstrom , February 20, 2012

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Peterson: time to move on farm bill

Peterson: time to move on farm bill SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — House Agriculture Committee ranking member Collin Peterson, D-Minn., said that it will soon be time for congressional leaders to take charge of writing the farm bill as representatives of general farm and commodity groups signaled at a crop insurance convention in Scottsdale, Ariz., that they are still promoting their individual proposals and are not close to compromise on a comprehensive approach.

By Jerry Hagstrom , February 20, 2012

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No concensus in sight

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — A series of farm group representatives signaled at the recent annual crop insurance industry conference in Scottsdale, Ariz., that they are still sticking to their individual positions on farm bill proposals.

By Jerry Hagstrom , February 20, 2012

Crop insurance role in farm bill?

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The crop insurance industry should help Congress write a farm bill in 2012, but also should think about its role longer term as crop insurance becomes the “foundation” of the farm program, a former U.S. Department of Agriculture official who is a top aide to Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., said at a crop insurance industry convention in Scottsdale, Ariz.

By Jerry Hagstrom , February 20, 2012

Industry reacts to Obama's budget

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The crop insurance industry reacted negatively to President Barack Obama’s proposed budget that includes cuts to crop insurance programs while the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, which could be considered at the opposite end of the political spectrum, found the proposal dull.

By Jerry Hagstrom , February 20, 2012

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Funds available for specialty crop projects

By Agweek staff and wire reports , February 20, 2012

Farm bill challenges

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — All commodity title program proposals need to change before Congress will pass a farm bill, American Farm Bureau Federation lobbyist Mary Kay Thatcher said in Scottsdale, Ariz., Feb. 9. “Everybody’s proposal has to change. I don’t think we have anything we can sell on the House or Senate floor,” Thatcher said in a speech to the Crop Insurance and Reinsurance Bureau annual meeting.

By Jerry Hagstrom , February 13, 2012

Public versus private

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The National Association of Farm Service Agency County Office Employees is contending that the government could save up to $2.5 billion per year by taking the crop insurance program away from insurance companies and agents and turning it over to the county offices, but the American Association of Crop Insurers says the private delivery system works fine and that it will fight the proposal.

By Jerry Hagstrom , February 13, 2012

Record U.S. crop losses

WASHINGTON — In a demonstration of the up-and-down nature of the crop insurance industry, payments to farmers for crop losses in 2011 have totaled $9.1 billion so far, the highest in American history, according to charts released recently by the U.S Department of Agriculture Risk Management Agency.

By Jerry Hagstrom , February 08, 2012

Calculating costs

WASHINGTON — All farm major programs combined — crop insurance, subsidies and conservation — will cost only about $221 billion over the next 10 years, comprising only 18 percent of Agriculture Department spending, according to statistics released by the Congressional Budget Office as it released its annual budget estimates.

By Jerry Hagstrom , February 06, 2012

Farm bill talks move forward

WASHINGTON — Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., told Agweek on Feb. 1 that she will hold four hearings in February and March in anticipation of bringing the farm bill to the floor before the House acts.

By Jerry Hagstrom , February 06, 2012

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