1. Farm Program Payment Limitation and Payment Eligibility for 2009 and Subsequent Crop, Program, or Fiscal Years, 79267-79284 [E8-30764]

Dec 29, 2008      Federal Register

Provisions of this part apply to persons or legal entities. The 2008 Farm Bill eliminated the 3-entity rule. The 2008 Farm Bill requires a significant contribution of active personal labor or active personal management to a farming operation to qualify a person or legal entity for payment. more...

2. Direct and Counter-Cyclical Program and Average Crop Revenue Election Program, 79284-79306 [E8-30763]

Dec 29, 2008      Federal Register

If a farm's total planted acres exceed the farm's total base acres, the farmer may choose which planted acres to enroll in ACRE. Sec. 1412.33 Payment yield for counter-cyclical payments for covered commodities. ACRE elections will not be construed to be ACRE contract enrollments. more...

3. Common Crop Insurance Regulations, Coverage Enhancement Option Provisions; Corrections, 80295 [E8-31105]

Dec 31, 2008      Federal Register

The Code of Federal Regulations is sold by the Superintendent of Documents. This includes in the definition of the term ``CEO dollar amount of insurance,'' section 7, section 8(b) and paragraphs (b) and (c) in the example. Eldon Gould, Manager, Federal Crop Insurance Corporation. [FR Doc. more...

4. General Administrative Regulations: Administrative Remedies for Non-Compliance, 76868-76891 [E8-30073]

Dec 18, 2008      Federal Register

The Act only requires that a person willfully or intentionally provide false or inaccurate information. The rule only authorizes sanctions for willful and intentional conduct. Sanctions can be imposed for willfully and intentionally providing false or inaccurate information. more...

5. The latest buzz for beekeepers is crop insurance

Dec 26, 2008      Associated Press Online

Whether beekeepers get a payment would depend on the amount of rainfall or the amount of greenness. "We're not insuring the bees. If that happens, coverage might be offered in California, she said. Nissen, the North Dakota beekeeper, wonders whether producers can afford it. more...

6. China's agriculture insurance income exceed 10 bln yuan by November

Dec 27, 2008      English News Service

Wu Dingfu, chairman of the China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC).According to Wu, agricultural insurance, with central fiscal support, was expanded to 16 provincial areas compared last year, when the country initiated agriculture insurance trials in six provincial regions.A total of 4.22 billion yuan of crop and livestock insurance compensation was paid to 10.32 million rural households since this year for various reasons.The CIRC planned to expand crop insurance to... more...

7. Valley farmers affected by Dolly could receive disaster loan

Dec 28, 2008      Valley Morning Star

BENITO -- Farmers whose crop was destroyed by heavy rainfall throughout the week after Hurricane Dolly hit are eligible for Farm Service Agency disaster emergency loans, FSA officials said. Rainfall from the July 23 hurricane was close to 10 inches in a number of areas, according to previous reports. The loans are for eligible farmers in Cameron, Willacy, Hidalgo and Starr counties who lost at least 30 percent of their crop production from rainfall from July 23 to July 30....more...

8. BRIEF: Oberlin conference to address improving crop production

Dec 30, 2008      The Wichita Eagle

...on both dates. Key topics will include weed strategies in grain sorghum, wheat residue management, crop insurance, advances in breeding technology, yield forecasts from satellite images, marketing, storage and plant nutrition. The conference is sponsored by Kansas State University Research and Extension and the Northwest Kansas Crop Residue Alliance. If preregistered by Jan. 13, the fee is $22. The cost at the door is $45. For more information, call Brian Olson at... more...