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Remember to Certify Conservation Compliance for Crop Insurance Program By Premium Billing Date

Paul Goeringer

Apr 26, 2018
4 min

Remember to Certify Conservation Compliance for Crop Insurance Program By Premium Billing Date

See here for the site’s reposting policy. As many of you who have purchased crop insurance since the passage of the 2014 Farm Bill already know, conservation compliance has been relinked with the crop insurance subsidy. This relinking means that many producers who traditionally have not participated in farm bill programs (such as Price Loss Coverage or Agriculture Risk Coverage) were not required to certify conservation compliance. Under the 2014 Farm Bill, producers who ski

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May 6, 2016
3 min

Weekly News Roundup: May 6th Edition

By Mayhah Suri Startup to Launch Farm to Six-Pack Movement in DE Delaware farmers might soon be able to wet their beaks in the nation’s booming craft beer industry. At least that’s the concept behind Proximity Malt. The Milwaukee-based startup plans to open a processing plant near Laurel by mid-2017 where locally grown barley can be converted into malt specifically for use by craft brewers and other malt users in the Mid-Atlantic region. To read the full story go here: htt

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2015 in Review: Top Developments in U.S. Farm Programs

Paul Goeringer

Dec 10, 2015
5 min

2015 in Review: Top Developments in U.S. Farm Programs

We’ve already looked back together at the top ag law developments for 2015. Now it’s time to review the top developments with U.S. farm programs for this year. 2015 has seen the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) continue to work to implement the 2014 Farm Bill. Let’s reflect on the top developments in 2015. 1. Whole Farm Coverage Expanded – In 2015, Whole Farm Revenue Insurance became the first crop insurance product to be available in all U.S. counties for the 2016 cro

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Paul Goeringer

May 15, 2015
4 min

Weekly News Update, May 15th Edition

It is fitting this news post was scheduled for me this week (which is also by pure accident), but 1 year ago this week I launched this blog to cover issues I was working on in my Extension program (farm policy/crop insurance, ag law, and anything else I feel about writing about) with the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics. Over the past year, we have grown first adding Ashley on, then Sarah and Wele, and now Hannah. Hopefully the site will continue to grow in

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