Aug. 4--BEARDSTOWN -- For Beardstown farmer Jack Hardwick, the long-term flooding of many of his fields near Beardstown, Chandlerville and Meredosia has made this year's planting season a hard one.

In the United States, farmers have access to federally subsidized crop insurance — a backstop that affords them some peace of mind in the face of extreme weather. When droughts, floods, or other ...

It is a heavy year for prevent plant crop insurance claims as some farmers, especially in southern Illinois, struggled to find a planting window as the calendar neared July. “Our three-year average ...

According to reports, an amount of ₹950 crore remains unpaid by insurance companies in the state under the crop insurance ...

(Reuters) - The drought ravaging America's prime farmland is having an unexpected consequence that could shape the future of agricultural finance: in some cases, farmers who have amped up their ...

Mar. 14—GRAND FORKS — A Buxton man was sentenced to one year of supervised probation for concealing a material fact in a matter within the jurisdiction of the U.S. government, the last of his four ...

A farmer based in Simpson County has admitted to receiving fraudulent crop insurance claims from the federal government, resulting in millions of dollars in losses. David Manion pleaded guilty on ...

Claim payments to American farmers hit by the 2012 drought topped $3.5 billion this week, according to the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation. That includes more than $245 million in compensation to ...

Learn how crop-hail insurance protects farmers against hail and fire damage, and discover its benefits compared to ...

NILES, Mich. (WSBT) — A Niles farmer accused of getting federal crop insurance coverage and benefits for crops he did not farm will pay tens of thousands of dollars to the federal government. David ...

Dec. 22--Federal crop insurance is supposed to be a safety net for farmers, but an ongoing Central Kentucky investigation suggests that a few are defrauding the system to harvest thousands and even ...

Kendrapada: Altogether 8,85,504 farmers in Odisha have been enrolled under Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) for which the govt has disbursed R.