In a major development for the wine industry, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Risk Management Agency this summer plans to try out new crop insurance coverage in California to protect growers ...

Local Congressman Nick Langworthy recently introduced legislation to assist grape farmers. Langworthy floated the Grape Research and Protection Expansion Act, aka the GRAPE Act. The legislation aims ...

County Executive PJ Wendel discusses challenges local grape farmers have due to the late April frost. PORTLAND – Possibly 75% of the concord grape harvest in Chautauqua County may have been damaged by ...

During the next few weeks, farm operators will be finalizing their crop insurance decisions for the 2025 crop year. March 15 is the deadline to purchase crop insurance for the 2025 crop year. The 2025 ...

Based on yield reports from many areas of the upper Midwest, it is likely that a significant number of corn and soybean producers may qualify for crop insurance indemnity payments in 2024. The excess ...

Wine grape growers lost hundreds of millions of dollars in 2020 after wildfires in Napa, Sonoma and other California wine regions ruined the fruit with “smoke taint.” A pilot program seeks to fill a ...