The White House is asking Congress for more than $11 billion in additional farm assistance, including new economic support for 2026 row and specialty crop producers and disaster aid tied to losses from the Southeast freeze.
The Managing Director of the Nigeria Agricultural Insurance Corporation (NAIC), Hon. Yazid Shehu Danfulani, has called on farmers, agribusiness owners, and stakeholders across the agricultural value chain to take advantage of agricultural insurance schemes designed to protect their investments and strengthen the nation’s agricultural sector.
Agronomists across the Corn Belt reported total-loss hail damage, tornadoes, flooded fields, and wind-related crop losses that could reduce yields.
Maharashtra Agriculture Minister Dattatray Bharane has said that the state government plans to install weather stations in every village to ensure farmers receive accurate compensation under the weather-based fruit crop insurance scheme.
Moldova has concluded the application phase for financial aid aimed at compensating crop losses caused by the 2025 drought. The Agency for Intervention and Payments for Agriculture (AIPA) received 345 requests from affected farmers.
Federal, provincial officials continue to study how whole farm revenue insurance could replace AgriStability.
The Gyeonggi-do Agricultural Research and Extension Services will launch the "Early Prediction Service for Adverse Environments Based on Crop Biometric AI" on June 25, which uses artificial intelligence (AI) to detect and notify farmers of abnormal signals sent by crops before the onset of pest and disease damage.
The central Government and the Basque Executive have given the green light this Monday to the transfer to the Basque Country of powers in the area of agricultural insurance, so that the Basque Government will directly manage the aid for farmers to contract policies that cover their farms.
European Commission releases agricultural reserve funding to help producers recover from weather-related losses.
Plantation Industries Ministry Secretary Gunadasa Amarasinghe says the ministry has not yet received the findings of the monkey census conducted recently at a cost of approximately Rs. 3.9 million.
Wild blueberry growers in Maine are assessing the impact of late spring frosts following sharp temperature fluctuations that affected production areas across the state.
Delaware farmers say deer are taking an increasing bite out of their bottom line this growing season, prompting state officials to expand assistance programs aimed at reducing crop damage.
Agriculture Ministry wants to discuss with the government’s economic team a proposal to lower interest rates on operating loans for farmers who purchase insurance policies.
Sharia agricultural insurance is considered to have a strategic role not only in protecting farmers from the risk of crop failure, but also in strengthening food security and the national Islamic financial ecosystem.
Forty-five farmers from San Juan, La Union who were affected by Typhoon Uwan last year received insurance payouts from the Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC).
The Executive Director of the Wild Blueberry Producers Association of Nova Scotia says the $25 million dished out by the federal and provincial governments is really appreciated after last year’s drought.