Disaster Assistance/Crop Insurance
Overview
The federal crop insurance program is a subsidized insurance program that provides financial protection to producers against crop losses caused by natural disasters such as drought or flood. The crop insurance program is authorized by the Federal Crop Insurance Act ("FCIA") "to promote the national welfare by improving the economic stability of agriculture through a sound system of crop insurance and by providing the means for research and experience helpful in devising and establishing such insurance." The regulations implementing the federal crop insurance program are found at 7 C.F.R. §§ 400-499. Read the full overview.
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ERS Recommended Readings
Economic Aspects of Revenue-Based Commodity Support (Cooper, 2009)
Whole Farm Approaches to a Safety Net (Dismukes and Durst, 2006)
Why Hasn’t Crop Insurance Eliminated Disaster Assistance? (2005)
Risk, Government Programs, and the Environment (2004)
Risk Management Tools in Europe: Agricultural Insurance, Futures, and Options (2004)
Production and Price Impacts of U.S. Crop Insurance Programs (2001)
The Effects of Federal Crop Insurance Program on Wheat Acreage (2001)
Asymmetric Information in the Market for Yield and Revenue Insurance (2001)
Managing Farm Risk: Issues and Strategies (2000)
The Agricultural Risk Protection Act: What It Does. What It Means. (2000)
Managing Risk in Farming: Concepts, Research and Analysis (Harwood et al., 1999)
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FSA Handbook for Disaster Assistance
Livestock Programs (Revision 1)
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Crop Disaster Program (Revision 1)
Crop Disaster Program (Revision 2)
Livestock Disaster Assistance Programs
Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program for 2001 and Subsequent Years (Revision 1)
Tree Assistance Program (Revision 2)
Disaster Area Losses - Agriculture Tax Tips
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RMA News and Agency Updates
RMA Publications
Crop Insurance: Quality Adjustment and Sampling/Grading for Soybean Rust
Crop and Livestock Insurance Information Database
Overview of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act for 2000 (Ackerman, 2000)
U.S. Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee
U.S. House of Representatives Agriculture Committee
U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management
Crop Insurance: Opportunities Exist to Reduce the Costs of Administering the Program
(GAO-09-445, 2009)
Actions Needed to Reduce Program’s Vulnerability to Fraud, Waste, and Abuse (2005)
USDA Needs to Improve Oversight of Insurance Companies and Develop a Policy to Address
Any Future Insolvencies (2004)
Crop Insurance: USDA’s Progress in Expanding Insurance for Specialty Crops (1999)