Crop Insurance Blogs
June 19, 2025
Crop Insurance - A Quick Update, And Other Things To Think About
Commodity markets have not been kind to agricultural producers and landowners so far in 2025.
August 20, 2024
Crop Insurance as a Risk Management Tool in Farm Leases
Direct operation, custom farming, and crop share leases offer landowners the opportunity to market their assigned portion of the crop. Ideally, crops are sold at a price that covers the production costs and generates a desired profit, and executing a plan that does both is where the risk comes in.
April 3, 2024
2024 Planting Season
With planting season right around the corner, Peoples Company wanted to take this opportunity to remind growers of the upcoming important dates revolving around this next stage of the crop insurance cycle. Initial planting dates, replanting, and prevent planting are important topics to discuss during this time of year and play an important role in MPCI coverage moving forward after the sales closing deadline.
February 9, 2024
Crop Insurance Dates and Deadlines
For producers wanting to make elections and enroll in the ARC or PLC program, the sign-up period is open through March 15, 2024. It is encouraged to work with the local USDA county Farm Service Agency (FSA) office to complete this process.
January 31, 2024
Enhanced Coverage Option and Supplemental Coverage Option
With the Sales Closing Deadline approaching, I have been asked several questions regarding the different crop insurance plans and how they work. More specifically, the Enhanced Coverage Option (ECO) and Supplemental Coverage Option (SCO) endorsement. Both endorsements provide coverage for a portion of the deductible of an insured underlying crop insurance policy.
January 2, 2024
Good Farming Practices (GFP) and Crop Insurance
What are good farming practices and why are they important? The Federal crop insurance program covers losses that are unavoidable and due to naturally occurring events. The program does not cover losses due to negligence, or any failure to follow good farming practices.
October 26, 2023
Will You Have a Crop Insurance Revenue Loss for 2023?
Revenue Protection (RP) provides coverage against yield losses due to natural weather causes and the decline of the commodity price between the Projected Price and Harvest Price. As we reach the end of October, the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) has been tracking the harvest price for corn and soybeans in the Midwest. This dollar amount will be released in early November and plays an important factor when determining if a grower or policyholder will have a revenue loss for the 2023 growing season.
May 24, 2022
Blueberry Insurance: An Underused Tool
By Appraisal Intern Courtney Churchill
Out of all crop insurance, Blueberry crops are the most under-insured in...
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October 4, 2021
PACE Crop Insurance Option in 2022
In early September, the USDA announced an exciting crop insurance option to go into effect for the 2022 crop...
August 3, 2021
Federal Crop Insurance – A Powerful Tool for Farmland Investing
Blog by Dave Muth, Managing Partner, Alternative Equity Advisors
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)...
March 14, 2016
Deadline: Crop Insurance Changes Due by March 15, 2016
If you have any changes you want to make to your policy type, price election, trend adjustment, or the level of coverage that you have those changes are due by Tuesday, March 15, 2016.Â
March 2, 2016
From Insuring Profits to Minimizing Losses
In recent years farmers have been able to insure profits with crop insurance guarantees. Times have changed and farmers are now hoping to minimize losses.
