USDA Expanding Crop Insurance Access

USDA Expanding Crop Insurance Access

Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins announces major updates to federal crop insurance, reducing red tape for farmers, modernizing long-standing policies, and expanding access to critical risk protection beginning with the 2026 crop year. The “Expanding Access to Risk Protection Final Rule streamlines requirements across multiple crops, responds to producer feedback, and strengthens USDA’s commitment to putting American farmers first. The Act reduces reg…

USDA Expands Crop Insurance For Ag Producers

Expanding Access to Risk Protection Final Rule Modernizes Crop Insurance for 2026 DepositPhotos image The U.S. farm community is preparing for important changes after U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced that updates are coming to federal crop insurance processes. The Expanding Access to Risk Protection Final Rule is designed to streamline requirements across multiple crops, improve program efficiency, and respond directly to p…

USDA Unveils Sweeping Crop Insurance Overhaul as Nearly $1 Billion Flows Into Rural Georgia

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently announced a far-reaching rewrite of federal crop insurance rules, rolling back decades of red tape while expanding access to risk protection for farmers beginning with the 2026 crop year. The reforms — packaged in the Expanding Access to Risk Protection (EARP) Final Rule — mark one of the most significant policy shifts for agricultural producers in more than a generation. “President …