CropsAs Hurricane Isaias approaches, USDA reminded farmers, ranchers and residents in its path of the disaster programmes on offer and the deadlines for reporting crop damage.
In an AgriBusiness Global column, EarthDaily's Andres Umana writes that insurers face a surge of demand just as losses are expected, and are capping exposure, tightening cut-off dates and turning to satellite data.
At the Africa Food Systems Forum, CGIAR researchers argued that AI advisory, insurance and speech tools only help women farmers when women shape the design, data and governance behind them.
AgribusinessEligible acres exceeded the national cap, so FSA is trimming every new allocation by 3.69 percent; producers may change their election, sign multi-year contracts to 2031, and now add SCO coverage whatever they choose.
Farmers can elect and enrol in the Agriculture Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage programmes for 2026 from 16 September to 11 December, after USDA's first base-acre expansion in 20 years added more than 30 million acres.
Enrolment for the 2026 crop year runs from 16 September to 11 December after the largest expansion of the US farm safety net in two decades; new base acres were trimmed 3.69% because requests exceeded the 30-million-acre cap.
AgribusinessSpeaking at Minnesota Farmfest, Agriculture Secretary Brooke L. Rollins announced premium payment flexibility, a restored 5 percent prevented-planting option and nationwide listening sessions on USDA data.
Shykh Seraj traces Bangladesh's stalled crop insurance history, welcomes a new weather index pilot and proposes insurance for high-value crops, poultry, fish and dairy.
