1. FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION

Dec 17, 2008      Federal Register - Public Inspection Documents

NOTICES Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals, E7-24444 These documents will appear in the Tuesday, December 18, 2007 Federal Register. more...

2. AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT

Dec 17, 2008      Federal Register - Public Inspection Documents

See Agricultural Marketing Service See Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service See Commodity Credit Corporation See Farm Service Agency See Federal Crop Insurance Corporation See Rural Business-Cooperative Service See Rural Housing Service See Rural Utilities Service NOTICES Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals, E7-24430 , E7-24432 These documents will appear in the Tuesday, December 18, 2007 Federal Register. more...

3. Wisconsin women take on bigger roles in farming

Dec 5, 2008      Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Women generally had a job off the farm and did the books. more...

4. Subsidies Spur Crops on Fragile Habitat

Dec 7, 2008      Washington Post

Farmers take issue with that. "There's always going to be grass in this country," said Troy Baloun, a cousin of Kevin Baloun who farms outside Highmore. He figures it will qualify for crop insurance. A final compromise allowed governors of Prairie Pothole states to deny the subsidy on new grassland conversions. more...

5. For crop loss, '08 perfect storm

Dec 9, 2008      Times-Picayune, Louisiana

Louisiana lost 60 percent of its cotton crop, 30 percent of its soybeans and about 13 percent of its sugar harvest this year, according to the Department of Agriculture and Forestry. Farmers bought insurance not knowing what the new federal disaster relief program was going to be, Strain said. Mary Landrieu and David Vitter have been trying to get Congress to provide money for agriculture damage. more...

6. EDITORIAL: Farm aid is crucial

Dec 11, 2008      Times-Picayune, Opinion, Louisiana

Louisiana farmers who were hit by Tropical Storm Fay, Hurricane Gustav and Hurricane Ike this year are struggling to recover from $1 billion in losses. The state lost 60 percent of its cotton crop, 30 percent of soybeans and 13 percent of the sugar harvest. In addition to the problem with the timing of the new farm aid regulations, crop insurance "is not affordable or reasonable" in Louisiana, Commissioner Mike Strain said. more...