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Release: NSAC Publishes Unsustainable: State of the Farm Safety Net 

February 20, 2024

The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition has released a new report, Unsustainable: State of the Farm Safety Net. The farm safety net includes crop insurance, commodity, and disaster programs that farmers and ranchers rely on when disaster strikes – but it leaves small to mid-sized, beginning, and diversified farmers behind. This report reveals which states and commodities received the most farm subsidies from 2017 to 2022 and argues these costly programs are not suited to meet the needs of all producers in the face of worsening climate change…. Read More →

Filed Under: Commodity, Crop Insurance & Credit Programs, Press Releases

Release: USDA Updates Good Farming Practice Definition, Strengthening Support for Conservation Practice Adoption 

December 6, 2023

USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) announced important updates to the definition of Good Farming Practices (GFPs), removing a longstanding obstacle to the adoption of Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)-approved conservation practices and enhancements for insured producers. … Read More →

Filed Under: Commodity, Crop Insurance & Credit Programs, Press Releases

Release: NSAC Celebrates Introduction of Whole Farm Revenue Protection Improvement Act

July 27, 2023

Today, Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) introduced the Whole Farm Revenue Protection (WFRP) Program Improvement Act alongside Senators Booker (D-NJ), Fetterman (D-PA), Smith (D-MN), and Welch (D-VT). If incorporated into the 2023 Farm Bill, this bill will expand insurance access to producers historically left out of the federal crop insurance program. Strong bipartisan interest exists to expand voluntary access to crop insurance to include underserved producers. This Act is the moving vehicle to do that…. Read More →

Filed Under: Commodity, Crop Insurance & Credit Programs, Press Releases

Senate Hears Commodity and Industry Perspectives on Farm Safety Net and Credit

May 5, 2023

This week, the Senate Agriculture Committee held two hearings featuring commodity and industry perspectives on the farm safety net and credit…. Read More →

Filed Under: Carousel, Commodity, Crop Insurance & Credit Programs, Farm Bill

GAO Urges Congress to Reduce Crop Insurance Subsidies… Again

February 22, 2023

GAO released a report urging Congress to reduce crop insurance subsidies for the highest-income participants and private insurance companies…. Read More →

Filed Under: Carousel, Commodity, Crop Insurance & Credit Programs, Farm Bill

Record-High Crop Insurance Subsidies Are Unsustainable

January 27, 2023

Record-high subsidies to the federal crop insurance program are unsustainable and must be curbed in the 2023 Farm Bill…. Read More →

Filed Under: Carousel, Commodity, Crop Insurance & Credit Programs, Conservation, Energy & Environment, Farm Bill, General Interest

DON’T HARM CROP INSURANCE, IMPROVE IT!

January 19, 2023

Barriers in program design and implementation leave small and nonconventional farmers without access to crop insurance…. Read More →

Filed Under: Carousel, Commodity, Crop Insurance & Credit Programs, Conservation, Energy & Environment, Farm Bill, Organic

RELEASE: New NSAC Report Projects Billions Saved Via Crop Insurance Subsidy Caps

July 19, 2022

The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) published a special report projecting billions in taxpayer savings over 10 years if payment caps are instituted on federal subsidies paid to farmers who purchase crop insurance. … Read More →

Filed Under: Commodity, Crop Insurance & Credit Programs, Press Releases

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