crop insurance

Who Paid For Last Summer's Drought? You Did

Daniel Charles — Wed, 01 May 2013 22:29:00 +0000

Say the words "crop insurance" and most people start to yawn. For years, few nonfarmers knew much about these government-subsidized insurance policies, and even fewer found any fault with them.

Newscast for August 02, 2012

Jacob Fenston — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 00:35:38 +0000

Regional news coverage from the KBIA newsroom, including:

Rep. Akin discusses Senate campaign ahead of primary
Livestock farmers seek safety net, while Washington politics delay aid

Rethinking crop insurance

Rehman Tungekar — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 00:01:01 +0000

This week, we'll hear a report about taxpayer subsidized crop insurance, and find out how a guano harvest could help some penguins.

Drought forces some to rethink crop insurance

Adam Allington — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 23:58:02 +0000

Corn prices surged to a new record high on Monday, as the worst drought in more than 50 years continues to plague more than half the country.

US Ag Secretary talks cuts

Jacob Fenston — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:27:57 +0000

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is in Missouri touting President Obama’s job creation plans, laid out this week in his state of the union address. This comes as the agriculture department faces a shrinking budget.

Business Beat: Nov. 2, 2011

Nick Adams — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 20:51:04 +0000

This week: Special Session ended last week with many questions still unanswered, and farmers are doing everything they can to hold on to government subsidies for crop insurance.