The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced changes to the Enhanced Coverage Option (ECO) beginning with the 2025 crop year. USDA's Risk Management Agency (RMA) is expanding coverage options to ...

Major changes have been made to crop insurance that will reduce the cost and provide more coverage for farmers.

USDA is increasing premium subsidies and expanding the number of crops eligible for the Enhanced Coverage Option, a crop insurance product that provides high levels of area-based yield or revenue ...

During the next few weeks, farm operators will be finalizing their crop insurance decisions for the 2025 crop year. March 15 is the deadline to purchase crop insurance for the 2025 crop year. The 2025 ...

BISMARCK, N.D. Senator John Hoeven, chairman of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee and a senior member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, issued the following statement as the U.S.

Crop insurance endorsements can sharply boost revenue coverage. Coverage of one product may explode this year due to higher taxpayer subsidies. But cost, coverage still may be barrier to many growers ...

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

According to Cole Patrick, director of insurance strategies at Compeer Financial, farmers need to take a serious look at their crop insurance strategies before the 2025 deadline because last year’s ...

Kansas State University agricultural economists are encouraging farmers to make time now to fully think through their options in advance of upcoming deadlines for federal farm and crop insurance ...

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. — Natural disasters, changing markets and varied input costs impose risk on farmers and their operations. A crop insurance expert said programs including Title 1 of the farm bill and ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has significantly reduced farmer-paid premiums for Supplemental Coverage Option (SCO) or Enhanced Coverage Option (ECO) policies, making them an attractive ...

The deadline to make your crop insurance decisions is a month away, and Dave Jansen with Strategic Farm Marketing says there have been major changes to this year’s products. “I think this is probably ...