crop insurance

Top Tweets
U.S. Steel Pennsylvania pollution
Protest sign that says Keep the frack out of my water
ANWR energy development debate
Degrowth's challenge lies in overcoming political and global resistance
crop insurance climate

How crop insurance prevents some farmers from adapting to climate change

The Federal Crop Insurance Program helps steer the direction of U.S. agriculture. But advocates and farmers say its policies have often failed to benefit the most climate-adaptive farms—and penalizes farmers for adopting some climate-friendly strategies.
Newsletter
crop insurance federal climate impacts

Crop insurance costs are rising, fueled by climate change. Yet little has changed in federal program

Federally subsidized crop insurance made record-high payouts last year. While climate change is making farming more risky, the federal program often shields producers at taxpayer expense. Some say it’s time to encourages farmers to mitigate risk.
Newsletter
Why are we paying for crop failures in the desert?
Photo by Jakob Owens on Unsplash

Why are we paying for crop failures in the desert?

Taxpayers are on the hook for heat-related crop losses in parched states like Arizona. That needs to change.

climate change could upend federal spending programs

Biden warns that climate change could upend federal spending programs

A chapter in the new Economic Report of the President focuses on the growing risks to people and businesses from rising temperatures, and the government’s role in adapting to them.
Billions in crop insurance payouts can be linked to climate change, EWG report says

Billions in crop insurance payouts can be linked to climate change, EWG report says

Between 1995 and 2020, the amount of crop insurance payments for drought increased about 400%, according to an analysis of government data by the Environmental Working Group.
Increased flooding and droughts linked to climate change have sent crop insurance payouts skyrocketing
insideclimatenews.org

Increased flooding and droughts linked to climate change have sent crop insurance payouts skyrocketing

As climate change drives more droughts, rain and extreme weather across American farmland, the cost of insuring the country’s farmers has soared, putting taxpayers increasingly on the hook for the growing tab. A new analysis based on government data finds that insurance payments to farmers have risen more than 400 percent for drought-related losses and […]
ORIGINAL REPORTING
MOST POPULAR
CLIMATE