Federal crop insurance nearly doubled from 286 million insured acres in 2016 to a record 561 million in 2025. The final chapter in ProAg’s anniversary series covers new risks, new coverage and the people who carried ProAg into its 100th year.

Rick Warner’s connection to ProAg spans both sides of the crop insurance relationship. In this 100th anniversary agent story, the Midwest Ag Advisors founder shares how claims service, training and long-standing relationships have helped his agency grow and better serve farmers across the Upper Midwest.

ProAg Pasture, Rangeland, Forage (PRF) insurance offers protection against forage loss due to the lack of precipitation on acres grown with the intended use of grazing or haying.

From GPS guidance and growing ethanol demand to the 2012 drought, the years from 2006 to 2015 changed how producers planned for risk. See how crop insurance paid more than $17 billion in indemnities, new coverage options reached more operations and ProAg entered a new ownership chapter.

FCIC has expanded crop insurance programs for grapes in counties across Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin, along with fresh market tomatoes in South Carolina for the 2027 crop year. A Table Grapes program in Canyon County, Idaho, will also be discontinued beginning in 2027.

FCIC has released several crop insurance policy updates for 2027 and succeeding crop years, including changes to general policy provisions, Grapevine and Rainfall Index programs. Review the key changes, effective dates and RMA bulletins that agents and producers should know as they prepare for 2027.

Program helps protect ranches when Mother Nature cuts hay, grazing output Mother Nature always has the last say on the…

Feed capacity, financial leverage are major variables Editor’s Note: This is the second of two articles on the Pasture, Rangeland,…

What is PRF insurance and how is it helping hay producers and farmers when Mother Nature keeps the rain away too long? Find out the perks of this policy.

September 30 is the sales closing for the Margin Coverage Option (MCO) for crop year 2027 and with diesel, fertilizer and other input costs still moving unpredictably, protecting against margin shortfalls is more important than ever. These factors underscore that farmers cannot rely on last year's coverage decision.

Farmers can now enroll in the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs for the 2026 and 2027 crop years, following the first base acre expansion in 20 years. The update added more than 30 million new base acres nationwide.

By 1996, farm country was still carrying lessons from the 1980s farm crisis. Over the next decade, crop insurance acres grew, ARPA expanded coverage and new tools changed how producers planned. This period also marked a new chapter in ProAg’s history during a time of major crop insurance growth.