The Agricultural and Agrarian Insurance Board has announced a new insurance scheme to cover farm houses used for cattle, buffalo, goats, and pigs, aiming to safeguard farmers against climate and disaster risks.
The damage inflicted by Tropical Cyclones Luis and Maymay and the enhanced Southwest Monsoon has reached P135.3 million, putting thousands of farmers at risk of losing another production cycle as the Department of Agriculture (DA) races to deliver seeds, financing and insurance assistance.
A 67-year-old farmer in China’s Anhui province suffered a total crop loss across his 10-hectare (approximately 25-acre) farm after strictly following agricultural advice generated by an artificial intelligence chatbot. The incident resulted in an estimated financial loss of 150,000 yuan.
The Mizoram government will launch a comprehensive crop insurance scheme to protect farmers from financial losses caused by natural disasters, pests or diseases, a minister said.
Violent winds, tornadoes and flooding hit Midwest farms, flattening corn and raising concerns over yields, insurance claims and harvest costs.
Tomato and brinjal growers face mounting losses as pesticides lose potency, exposing the hidden limits of intensive, single-crop farming.
Willamette Valley’s signature nut crop among the last to adopt the tool.
Nearly two years after Hurricane Heleneunleashedflooding and fierce winds across the South, some Georgia farmers say they still haven’t received compensation for damages, despite efforts from both sides of the political aisle.
On Tuesday, Dakshina Kannada MP Captain Brijesh Chowta called upon the Centre to conduct a thorough examination of the Restructured Weather-Based Crop Insurance Scheme as it applies to perennial plantation crops such as arecanut, coconut, cocoa and spices.
Agra Asigurări, Romania’s leading agricultural insurance company, has launched the quotation campaign for the 2026–2027 agricultural season, making its Agrar Basis crop insurance product available to farmers.
A co-insurance pool launching next year is designed to address it.
As the damage to agricultural crops by monkeys and wild boars is becoming serious, a proposal of urgent public importance has been registered in the House of Representatives demanding the creation of an integrated national action plan for a long-term solution to this problem.
The vines in Bordeaux mostly survived July's fires untouched. Whether the grapes on them are still worth anything is a different question.
A stormy July in the Prairie provinces led to insurance claims being filed on more than one million acres of land, according to the Canadian Crop Hail Association (CCHA).
Farmers in Dominica will receive government-funded crop insurance under a new EC$1.5 million facility aimed at shielding agricultural livelihoods from hurricanes and other climate-related disasters.
Insurance cover for livestock deaths caused by accidents, natural disasters and diseases; up to 10 animals per family eligible.