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 ...

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In the past five years, Karnataka has experienced four years of above-normal rainfall, causing local floods, and one year of ...

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 ...

NILES, Mich. (WSBT) — A Niles farmer accused of getting federal crop insurance coverage and benefits for crops he did not farm will pay tens of thousands of dollars to the federal government. David ...

A local farmer, Baburam, received an insurance claim of just ₹2.72 for damage to his paddy crop, triggering widespread anger ...

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 ...

(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 ...