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President's Budget Confirms Crop Insurance Essential to Farm Safety Net
On March 11, President Joe Biden released a proposed Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 budget that fully funds the Federal crop insurance program. The budget states that the “administration supports improvements to crop insurance, proactively managing risk from natural hazards, including the permanent authorization of the cover crop incentive program.” March 15, 2024 -
USDA Expands Insurance Option for Nursery Growers to All States
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is expanding crop insurance tailored for nursery producers to all counties in all states. Nursery Value Select (NVS) is a pilot program that enables nursery producers to select the dollar amount of coverage that best fits their risk management needs. Its expansion is part of USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) efforts to provide insurance options for a broader group of producers, including specialty crop producers. March 08, 2024 -
NAU Country Agent Darrell Tennie Receives Outstanding Outreach Award
NAU Country Agent Darrell Tennie received the distinguished Crop Insurance Industry Outstanding Outreach Award at the recent 2024 Crop Insurance Industry Annual Convention held in Scottsdale, Arizona. The NAU Country family is proud to work alongside Darrell. Congratulations on this well-deserved honor! March 07, 2024
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Rogers Wittum Presented Crop Insurance Industry Leadership Award
NAU Country's Rogers Wittum received the distinguished Crop Insurance Industry Leadership award at the recent 2022 Crop Insurance Industry Annual Convention recently held in Indian Wells, CA. Congratulations to Rogers on this well deserved honor! March 10, 2022 -
Crop insurance earns bipartisan praise at congressional hearing
Crop insurance is the cornerstone of the farm safety net and an invaluable risk management tool for America’s farmers. This message was underscored during a recent House Agriculture Subcommittee hearing called by Subcommittee Chairwoman Cheri Bustos (D-IL). March 08, 2022 -
William Pearson Presented Crop Insurance Friend of the Industry Award
William “Bill” Pearson, Huisenga Pearson, is the recipient of the 2022 Crop Insurance Friend of the Industry Award, which was presented during the 2022 Crop Insurance Industry Annual Convention last week in Indian Wells, CA. The Friend of the Industry award recognizes an individual who provides exceptional and notable contributions to the crop insurance industry. March 04, 2022 -
USDA Announces Supplemental American Rescue Plan Funding Available through the Local Agriculture Market Program
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced supplemental American Rescue Plan Act funding for the Local Agriculture Market Program (LAMP). In fiscal year 2022, LAMP will receive a total of $97 million in competitive grant funding to help local and regional food entities develop, coordinate and expand producer-to-consumer marketing, local and regional food markets and local food enterprises. March 03, 2022 -
NAU Country rises to number two in NCIS rankings
NAU Country Insurance Company is excited to announce that through the successful expansion of the business, the company now holds the number two position in the National Crop Insurance Services (NCIS) rankings. February 28, 2022 -
Farm & Ranch Market: Evolving to Mitigate the Risks of Today
While the farm and ranch insurance space faces different risks than other property lines, many challenges of insuring those risks are often the same. Namely, extreme weather and natural catastrophes, which have tightened conditions in farm and ranch in some of the toughest states. February 22, 2022 -
RMA COVID-19 Relief Update
The Risk Management Agency (RMA) issued Manager’s Bulletins to provide program flexibilities recognizing the potential impact and challenges due to COVID-19. Previously issued Manager’s Bulletins providing COVID-19 relief continue to apply through the effective dates as provided. January 24, 2022 -
Don't sleep on drought insurance amid storms
Senior Vice President of Branch Operations for the Western Region John Wienstroer spoke with Farm Progress on how farmers are making choices now, for upcoming coverage levels and how current weather conditions could impact those important decisions. January 12, 2022 -
USDA announces details of new PACE insurance option for conservation-minded corn farmers
The USDA's Risk Management Agency (RMA) announced in a Press Release and Product Management Bulletin (PM-22-001) on the new Post Application Coverage Endorsement (PACE) insurance program. January 11, 2022 -
Our Commitment to Data Security, Keying Efficiency, and the Future
Every day, we hear of another company getting infected by the newest and latest round of phishing attacks, ransomware, or other cybersecurity breaches. At NAU Country, it is our goal to provide safety, security, and efficiency to you at all times. Safety in knowing that our support for you and your farmers will not waver, security in providing systems and solutions to keep your personal information safe, and creating efficiencies in your day-to-day processes and systems. These goals can be accomplished through keeping our flagship software EASYwriter Pro® (EWP) on a strong, stable platform, and for us (as well as many other Fortune 500 companies) that platform is Citrix. January 05, 2022