crop loss

The American Farm Bureau Federation estimates 2022 crop losses due to weather and climate change at more than $21.4 billion.  The AFBF Market Intel analysis shows in 2022, 18 weather and climate disasters, each with damages exceeding $1 billion struck the United States.  As we t...

2022 will go into the books as the third-costliest year for weather disasters in U.S. history.  The estimated total economic losses reached $165 billion.  New analysis by American Farm Bureau economists shows extreme weather caused more than $21 billion in crop losses.     A...

Farmers and ranchers across the land have dealt with various natural disasters of late; floods, fires and drought for example.  What should they do to begin the process to access USDA disaster programs?  FSA Deputy Administrator Scott Barlow said it starts with "...folks i...

Crop producers have until July 15th to submit their crop acreage report to their local USDA Farm Agency office.  And as FSA Deputy Administrator Scott Marlow notes, there is also a new option available for producers to access their farm records and acreage maps. "If p...

Legislation recently passed by Congress to keep the federal government running through early December included an extension of WHIP+. Scott Bennett, director of Congressional Relations with the American Farm Bureau, said producers hit by a natural disaster can look forward to some much-needed help ...