Jim Colville Crop Insurance

03/18/2025

https://www.usda.gov/about-usda/news/press-releases/2025/03/18/usda-expediting-10-billion-direct-economic-assistance-agricultural-producers

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10/24/2024

https://www.agweb.com/news/crops/crop-production/everything-farmers-need-know-about-farm-act-congress

Farm CPA Paul Neiffer digs into the details of what the Farm Assistance and Revenue Mitigation Act means for farmers, as well as how they can estimate their payments.

03/07/2024

March 15th is the last day to sign up or make changes to your insurance coverage for spring planted crops. Also, if you have changes to your marital status or business (added or removed members from an LLC, for example) those must be reported at this time.

10/16/2023

https://fruitgrowersnews.com/news/usda-enhances-adds-specialty-crop-organic-insurance-options/

The USDA is beefing up crop insurance options for specialty crop and organic producers, including rolling out new and expanded options based on feedback from farmers and ranchers.

09/06/2023

Congratulations to Ira Krupp on being inducted into the Michigan Farmers Hall of Fame!

Ira Krupp, a Vicksburg resident and St. Joseph County farmer, will be inducted into the Michigan Farmers Hall of Fame in a September 9 ceremony at the Calhoun County Fairgrounds in Marshall. Krupp,…

06/06/2023

Here's a link to a soybean calculator that can help you with the decision to replant or not.

01/12/2023

https://www.usda.gov/media/press-releases/2023/01/09/usda-announces-major-program-improvements-progress-and-investments

If you suffered a decline in revenue in 2020 or 2021, you may be eligible for disaster relief.

USDA is announcing two new programs that wrap-up and fill remaining gaps in previous natural disaster and pandemic assistance. To be eligible for ERP Phase Two, producers must have suffered a decrease in allowable gross revenue in 2020 or 2021 due to necessary expenses related to losses of eligible crops from a qualifying natural disaster event. Assistance will be primarily to producers of crops that were not covered by Federal Crop Insurance or NAP, since crops covered by Federal Crop Insurance and NAP were included in the assistance under ERP Phase One.

To be eligible for PARP, an agricultural producer must have been in the business of farming during at least part of the 2020 calendar year and had a 15% or greater decrease in allowable gross revenue for the 2020 calendar year, as compared to a baseline year.

The ERP Phase 2 and PARP application period is open from January 23, 2023 through June 2, 2023. For more information, producers should contact their local USDA service center or reference the ERP Phase 2 fact sheet (PDF, 1.7 MB), PARP fact sheet (PDF, 540 KB) or the ERP Phase Two-PARP Comparison fact sheet (PDF, 2.5 MB).

SAN JUAN, P.R., January 9, 2023 — Today, at the American Farm Bureau Federation annual convention, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced several major developments at the U.S. Department of Agriculture that will benefit farmers, ranchers and producers across the nation.

11/15/2022

CLAIMS REMINDER: A notice of damage or loss of production for each unit has to be filed within 72 hours of the policyholder's initial discovery of damage or loss of production, but not later than 15 days after the end of the insurance period. For corn and soybeans, the end of the insurance period is the day harvest is complete or December 10, whichever is SOONEST. Please call your agent if you think you may have a claim.

10/17/2022

https://www.agweb.com/news/machinery/used-machinery/see-through-dust-how-keep-your-combine-windows-clean?mkt_tok=ODQzLVlHQi03OTMAAAGHdPfvACme9pa1SGUGK-MdqZAzc4c71nrU9xKQ1y5Z-yzwJ3bcyCNt3L7KjSijACedpZSuYw_pmPjtBIRTYxhLDvBo69xiO0ML8bjimIoSXQE4-yU

I’ve never been able to find any scientific studies related to keeping the windows of combines clean in dusty conditions, but I’ll offer a few anecdotal experiences that may or may not help.

08/23/2022

Crop insurance just got more affordable for organic/transitional organic farmers.

The Risk Management Agency (RMA) is offering a Transitional and Organic Grower Assistance (TOGA) Program to agricultural producers who have crop insurance coverage on crops in transition to organic or certified organic grain and feed crops. TOGA is part of the USDA's Organic Transition Initiative, a...

08/19/2022

https://www.agupdate.com/missourifarmertoday/news/crop/midwest-deals-with-drought-as-harvest-nears/article_311eae2e-1e58-11ed-9db4-0bb03e490210.html

Jill Scheidt says the corn in Barton County, Missouri, is reflective of the region, which has seen hot, dry conditions for much of the summer. The University of Missouri Extension

08/17/2022

https://www.agupdate.com/iowafarmertoday/news/crop/biofuel-industry-innovating-in-production-finding-new-uses/article_10ccd42a-18c2-11ed-9ba1-6f12eda65a9d.html

Demand for biofuels has gotten back to levels seen before the COVID-19 pandemic hit in 2020, but that doesn’t mean a full recovery has happened in the industry.