federal crop insurance News
Expect U.S. Crop Insurance Floor Prices to Drop in 2015
Crop insurance price guarantees for U.S. corn, soybeans and spring wheat in 2015 will fall 10 percent or more based on futures settlement prices for February, grain analysts said on Friday. The U.S. ...
No Disclosure of Lawmakers’ Own Crop Insurance Payments in Farm Bill
Crop insurers successfully lobbied to keep several proposals out of the farm bill set to pass the U.S. Congress today -- such as a requirement that would have forced farmer-lawmakers to disclose ...
Critics Take Aim at Crop Insurance Subsidies, Insurers’ Profits
Former American International Group Inc. chief Maurice "Hank" Greenberg has a new business partner: the U.S. taxpayer. Greenberg's Starr Indemnity & Liability Co. is one of 18 companies approved ...