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.

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.

Join ProAg crop insurance company 100th anniversary celebration. The decade of 1986-1995 saw weather disasters, low crop insurance participation and new farming technology.

As outlined in MGR-26-009: Deferral of Interest Changes, AIPs are authorized to provide policyholders with up to 60 additional days…

The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) has released updates to several crop insurance policy provisions that will take effect beginning…

The Risk Management Agency (RMA) has issued Manager’s Bulletin MGR-26-006.2, providing additional emergency loss adjustment procedures for fresh apples with…