The Agriculture Department and congressional Democrats are trading barbs over USDA’s administration of a block grant program designed to provide disaster relief to small- and medium-sized farmers. A ...

EVERY planting season now begins with a question: What will the weather bring? For farmers, particularly smallholders, decisions made at planting determine livelihoods, but the results largely depend ...

AFBF’s Market Intel team has created a series highlighting agricultural losses incurred due to weather disasters and the disaster assistance programs meant to help mitigate their impacts. Previous ...

On Dec. 20, both the U.S. House and Senate passed a continuing resolution, which provided needed funding to avoid a federal government shutdown. The legislation that was passed and signed into law ...

Recovering from a wildfire, drought, flood or other disaster involves more than rebuilding a farm or ranch. The complex tax decisions that follow can affect financial recovery for years. To help tax ...

The Agriculture Department said it’s taking applications for a second round of Biden-era funding to help farmers hit by natural disasters. The Agriculture Department is taking a second round of ...

When tornado sirens become frequent and sudden storms appear out of thin air, it becomes apparent there is a need for a disaster preparedness plan for farmers and large animal owners alike. What ...

Connecticut is set to secure federal funding in the form of disaster aid, direct relief for farmers and submarine investments from a year-end federal spending package. Those funds — and the paychecks ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - The Nebraska Farm Bureau Disaster Relief Fund is now accepting applications to assist farm and ranch families impacted by the devastating spring wildfires. Recently, major ...

Congress engaged in a nasty tug-of-war over government funding Thursday that pinned disaster relief and farm provisions at the center of all the chaos. A day after President-elect Donald Trump and his ...