Insurance

Once again, no shortage of things to do on the farm and couple that with the planning and office work that continues to be done, there won’t be much time for rest or slacking.

The U.S. government’s road safety agency wants the auto industry to design new vehicles including increasingly large SUVs and pickup trucks so they reduce pedestrian deaths and injuries.

Bill Harmon, professor of agronomy at Lincoln Land Community College, received the Golden Owl award for postsecondary instructors at the Illinois Association of Vocational Agriculture Instructors Conference in Carbondale.

An educational discussion about farm succession planning will be part of the program during Historic Farm Days.

Safety is critically important when choosing a vehicle for a younger driver. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for teenagers in the United States.

One of my annual routines to kick off a new year is to replace our big family calendar that is posted in our mudroom and begin filling it out.

Brazil’s record high soybean production, depreciating currency and an expected boost in exporting capabilities through expanding transportation infrastructure will have important implications for U.S. international agricultural markets.

As I sit here to pen this column tonight, I find I am quite exhausted after another extremely busy day, which included us doing timed AI breeding on 90 heifers. It took us about three hours to get it done.

Motor vehicles with higher, more vertical front ends raise risks for pedestrians, according to a highway safety organization.

The Kauffman family has been raising and selling turkeys for 90 years, but the family started the farming operation many years prior to that near Waterman.

Picking up where I left off last month, the Lord has indeed blessed us with another great month. For the most part, things have been going very well. The weather has been good.

Indiana Farm Bureau Health Plans announced it has nearly 3,900 enrolled plans, which equates to more than 8,300 Hoosiers covered. That’s an increase of over 25% from September 2022.

After earning record-high milk prices in 2022, dairy farmers have seen their earnings plummet in recent months, with more operations struggling to stay in business and some closing their doors for good.

Developing a farm succession plan is vital because land is not just ground — it’s the legacy farmers are passing to their children.

Our sweet corn season is in full swing. We are selling in Galveston six days a week in addition to the Logansport farmers market. We also sell at the Logansport and Kokomo farmers markets.

When investors interested in purchasing Midwest farmland talk to Kyle Maple at US Agriculture LLC, there’s a new addition to their wish list — conservation practices.

Nearly 90% of plan holders would recommend Indiana Farm Bureau Health Plans to a friend or family member, according to a recent survey.

Whether it’s 20 horsepower to 150 horsepower to 1,700 horsepower, the tractor pull schedule at the 2023 Historic Farm Days offers something for every tractor enthusiast.

Nearly three months ago, Hyundai and Kia unveiled software that was designed to thwart an epidemic of thefts of their vehicles, caused by a security flaw that was exposed on TikTok and other social media sites.

When I got my home insurance bill and it showed a massive payment for my policy renewal, I actually laughed.

Individuals across the country can make a difference in the lives of the more than 850,000 FFA members this month by participating in Give FFA Day during National FFA Week.

Illinois county fair boards are focused on fun — and funds — in the 2023 fair year.

Indiana Farm Bureau announced Indiana Farm Bureau Health Plans, a suite of more affordable healthcare offerings, had over 3,100 active plans in place at year-end 2022 — a growth of over 50% from 2021 — and now cover more than 7,000 Hoosiers.

Country Financial Representatives Jim and TJ Scruggs recently purchased 20 frozen dinners from the Bureau County Farm Bureau fundraiser and donated them to the Bureau County Senior Center.

General Motors says it expects its portfolio of electric vehicles to turn a profit in North America by 2025 as it boosts battery and assembly plant capacity to build over 1 million EVs per year. CEO Mary Barra used the pledge to kick off the company’s investor day event.

Health insurance is an important consideration for every family — including farmers and ranchers in rural areas, where options may be limited. Insurance coverage and research was discussed during the AgriSafe Talking Total Farmer Health Podcast.

Dairy producers can now enroll for 2023 coverage through the Dairy Margin Coverage program, an important safety net program from the U.S. Department of Agriculture that helps producers manage changes in milk and feed prices.

While farmers have little control over the long-term care they may need, they do have options as to how to plan for those costs, said Robert Moore, agricultural and resource law specialist with Ohio State University Extension’s Agricultural and Resource Law program.

When it comes to planning for long-term health care, every farmer faces a unique situation. Planning should be tailored to each situation, said Robert Moore, agricultural and resource law specialist with Ohio State University Extension’s Agricultural and Resource Law program.

Almost 100 area schoolchildren flocked to Jonamac Orchard for a summer day camp to learn all about farm safety and rural living from DeKalb County Farm Bureau.

The Ogle County Farm Bureau Young Leaders through financial support from COUNTRY Financial recently donated grain bin rescue augers to three area fire departments serving Ogle and Lee counties.

One piece of legislation has had as profound an impact on America as thousands of other bills combined, yet very few people are familiar with it.

A survey showed that nearly 100% of current Indiana Farm Bureau Health Plans holders would recommend the healthcare offering to friends or family. The survey was conducted in order to learn more about the experiences of Hoosiers enrolled in INFB Health Plans.

Commodity and specialty crop producers in 12 Illinois counties impacted by drought events in 2020 or 2021 are eligible for emergency relief payments.

An initial forecast for 2022 agricultural commodity prices and production was unveiled at the Agricultural Outlook Forum.

Mike Lee has canceled his travel plans — for now. Lee, the founder and owner of Green Square Agro Consulting, a United Kingdom-based agricultural consulting business that focuses on crop forecasts from the Black Sea area of Europe, was supposed to travel to Ukraine.

The deadline for farmers to make a decision on enrolling their base acres in Agriculture Risk Coverage or Price Loss Coverage is March 15.

Details of a new federal crop insurance program for post-applications of nitrogen were recently unveiled.

A recent rule change will help farmers who double crop to insure their crops according to planting date.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is committed to affordable and flexible crop insurance for the nation’s farmers, ranchers and producers, according to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack.

Crop insurance is a vital risk management tool that should be maintained and strengthened in the next farm bill, according to a panel of commodity growers, lenders and conservationists.

The public-private partnership of crop insurance should be maintained and expanded in the 2023 farm bill, according to members of Congress who spoke at the industry’s annual conference in California.

As agriculture faces new challenges and a changing climate, crop insurance remains the No. 1 risk management tool for America’s farmers and ranchers, according to the chair of National Crop Insurance Services.

Growing popcorn isn’t for every farmer. But but for some, it’s a profitable part of their business.

Corn farmers who “split-apply” nitrogen now have another option for insurance coverage under a program developed in part by corn growers from Illinois and across the nation.

Family farms remain the primary source of food production in the United States, according to a report by U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service.

Even though the pandemic limited in-person events, video conferencing enabled Indiana Farm Bureau to still grow its grassroots.

Indiana Farm Bureau announced Indiana Farm Bureau Health Plans has more than 1,700 active plans at the end of the third quarter, a nearly 20% increase from the end of the second quarter.

Todd Laczyinski isn’t a typical insurance agent working from a desk in an office. This time of year you can find him driving a food truck from field to field, bringing farmers meals.

Insurance is notoriously complicated, and few people have the time or desire to pore over their policies. But some basic knowledge can go a long way — and that’s where an insurance agent can help, by clearing up some of the most common misconceptions they encounter.