Crop Insurance Deadlines Quickly Approaching: January 14th and February 28th
January 6, 2015
Planning on using crop insurance in 2015? Important deadlines are quickly approaching. Find out more.
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Issues
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Crop Insurance to be More Cost-Effective for Diversified and Specialty Crop Producers
November 7, 2014
Yesterday, USDA announced the availability of a new whole-farm revenue policy, known as Whole-farm Revenue Protection (WFRP). WFRP will replace Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) and Adjusted Gross Revenue-Lite (AGR-Lite) starting in the 2015 crop insurance year.
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Press Release: USDA Announces Pilot Program to Offer Whole-Farm Revenue Protection
May 21, 2014
Whole-Farm Revenue Protection looks to be a positive step toward addressing the risk management needs of producers who have historically been underserved by crop insurance. But additional reforms are needed, especially around beginning farmer access to whole-farm revenue insurance.
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Disaster assistance program sign-up begins
April 22, 2014
On April 15, 2014, eligible farmers and ranchers were able to start signing up for disaster assistance programs restored by the 2014 Farm Bill. RAFI's James Robinson explains how to enroll.
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2014 Farm Bill Analysis: Organic Agriculture
February 24, 2014
While U.S. consumer demand for organic grows exponentially, domestic production to meet that demand has not kept up, requiring greater imports of organic production to fill the gap. The organic program funding in the new Farm Bill will help U.S. farmers and handler better meet that demand.
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Media Release: NPR features RAFI’s work in story about new book, The Meat Racket
February 19, 2014
"Farmers who speak up risk everything they own. Industry retaliation is well documented,” says RAFI Executive Director Scott Marlow. “The price of cheap chicken is the exploitation of people, land and animals."
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2014 Farm Bill Analysis: GIPSA
February 14, 2014
We can cheer the fact that the Farm Bill negotiators rejected the intense pressure from poultry companies and meatpackers to roll back key protections that require them to use fair business practices in their dealings with farmers.
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2014 Farm Bill Analysis: Crop Insurance
February 12, 2014
After many years of hard work and patience, we can claim a victory for diversified farms in the 2014 Farm Bill. RAFI looks forward to working with producers and the USDA to further ensure a fair risk management system for sustainable agriculture.
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[Action Alert] Save Organics in the 2014 Farm Bill
January 9, 2014
What's at stake here? Critical assistance for organic farmers through the National Organic Certification Cost-Share Program. If we don't act NOW, this program could be completely defunded -- stripping farmers of a vital source of support in helping meet growing demand for organic food and to create local jobs.
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