Aug. 4--BEARDSTOWN -- For Beardstown farmer Jack Hardwick, the long-term flooding of many of his fields near Beardstown, Chandlerville and Meredosia has made this year's planting season a hard one.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the United States, farmers have access to federally subsidized crop insurance — a backstop that affords them some peace of mind ...

(Reuters) - The drought ravaging America's prime farmland is having an unexpected consequence that could shape the future of agricultural finance: in some cases, farmers who have amped up their ...

A Kentucky farmer agreed to pay at least $9.9 million to the federal government over fraudulent crop insurance claims. Larry Walden pleaded guilty to one charge of conspiracy to commit money ...

Weather patterns might have shifted dramatically in states known for hurricanes and floods, but something puzzling is ...

Claim payments to American farmers hit by the 2012 drought topped $3.5 billion this week, according to the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation. That includes more than $245 million in compensation to ...

It is a heavy year for prevent plant crop insurance claims as some farmers, especially in southern Illinois, struggled to find a planting window as the calendar neared July. “Our three-year average ...

Dec. 22--Federal crop insurance is supposed to be a safety net for farmers, but an ongoing Central Kentucky investigation suggests that a few are defrauding the system to harvest thousands and even ...

A Central Kentucky farmer pleaded guilty to taking part in fraud involving a loss of more than $700,000 to a federal agency and an insurance company. James A. McDonald entered a plea in federal court ...

MANGALURU: Nearly half of the crop insurance claims raised from Karnataka under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) ...