Crop Insurance
Cover crop conundrum
With the last administration’s push on climate-smart practices, a lot of attention has been focused on cover crops. But how do you implement a cover crop if your cash crop is winter wheat, and you don’t have many other rotation options? The answer, according to Jake Westlin, vice president of…
Exploring crop insurance subsidies
Glad tidings and happy new year! Yes, we’re into February, but it’s still the new year, yes? I don’t believe “you have just 330 +/- shopping days until Christmas” would be preferred, though I’ve been wrong before. Let’s chat about premium subsidies for multiperil crop insurance and the basic premise…
Do landlords need crop insurance?
Our discussion topic is a review of a subject matter from January of 2018 — do landlords need crop insurance? I’ve made this comment previously and will again here: everyone has a different appetite for risk, varying circumstances cause each situation to be different. What risk(s) are present and, most…
A capitol effort
Staff and leaders of the Washington Association of Wheat Growers (WAWG) closed out January by traveling to Washington, D.C., to meet with federal legislators and take part in the National Association of Wheat Growers’ (NAWG) winter conference. “With so many critical issues being talked about in Congress, such as the…
Helping to ensure farmers’ financial survival
Rick Williams, a senior risk management specialist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Risk Management Agency (RMA), was raised on a wheat and barley farm near Reardan, Wash. And while he didn’t take over the family farm, he put in many hours on tractors and combines over the years, even…
What makes a well-designed revenue policy?
Glad tidings readers! I trust all is well, and you are enjoying the start to 2024. Don’t forget your sweetheart, as it always seems to sneak up on me! The theme of this article is what makes a well-designed revenue policy. In my humble opinion, it depends. We all have…
MPCI acreage reporting: Why it matters
Greetings readers! I believe the subject matter of acreage reporting is timely, though not due to the season of use, but rather that many have had another year of production and revenue losses paid on their wheat policies. Unfortunately, one does not learn of “misreported information” until the worst time…
On the Hill
Staff and leaders from the Washington Association of Wheat Growers (WAWG) closed out January by traveling to Washington, D.C., to take part in National Association of Wheat Growers’ (NAWG) winter board meetings and to meet with members of Washington’s federal delegation and leaders of U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) agencies….
Updates to the Whole Farm Revenue program
Greetings and happy new year everyone! My objective is to provide an update on the recently announced modifications to the Whole Farm Revenue Protection policy by the Risk Management Agency (RMA) that are effective for the 2023 crop year. A previous article on this subject matter in the August 2020…
What are written crop insurance agreements?
By definition, a written agreement is a document that alters the terms of a policy as authorized under the Common Crop Insurance Policy, Basic Provisions, Crop Provisions or Special Provisions of the multiperil crop insurance policy reinsured by the Federal Crop Insurance Provisions. A written agreement is seldom required in…
