USDA is increasing premium subsidies and expanding the number of crops eligible for the Enhanced Coverage Option, a crop insurance product that provides high levels of area-based yield or revenue ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced changes to the Enhanced Coverage Option (ECO) beginning with the 2025 crop year. USDA's Risk Management Agency (RMA) is expanding coverage options to ...

ECO insurance has been around for several years, but was not considered on a widespread basis due to the relatively high premium rates for ECO coverage and limitations for SCO coverage. That scenario ...

Kent Thiesse suggests readers look over their options and see if some changes may be worth making with their 2025 crop insurance plans. As has been often said with farming, every year is different, ...

BISMARCK, N.D. Senator John Hoeven, chairman of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee and a senior member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, issued the following statement as the U.S.