USDA is granting more than $70 million to back hundreds of projects meant to fortify, prevent, detect, and mitigate invasive ...

For many years the IRS in Publication 225 (The Farmers Tax Guide) had indicated that farmers could not elect to defer crop insurance proceeds to the following year for revenue protection (RP ...

A crop insurance specialist with Farm Credit Illinois says changes to the federal crop insurance program present ...

“I don’t think mid-range insurance coverage will provide much protection this year especially with better crop yields.” As such, Wasemiller suggests buying up higher coverage mostly for ...

For example, the use of disease forecasts can suggest to farmers that they apply a fungicide as a preventative measure. This is far more effective than treating a diseased crop.