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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 -
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 -
How Weather-Related Losses Forced Farmers and Crop Insurance to Adapt
NAU Country's Chief Operation Officer Mick Deal recently spoke with Independent Agent magazine about the crop insurance industry's response to weather-related losses that farmers are consistently facing. February 21, 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 -
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 -
Take your summer back with Preliminary Acreage Reporting!
NAU Country offers Preliminary Acreage Reporting! This functionality allows you to process your preliminary acres early in the crop year. Freeing up your time to relax this summer. February 10, 2022 -
Claims Toolkit
Offer exceptional customer service to your policyholders by utilizing NAU Country’s Claim Tracking tools. Do you want to be the first to update your policyholders when an indemnity check is on the way, follow-up with them when an adjuster contact log has been created, and always be aware of their claim status when they call? If so, take advantage of the various Claim Tracking tools we offer! Click here to find out more! February 09, 2022 -
NAU Country Signs Deal with Agriculture Intelligence for Agroview, the Next Innovation for Crop Insurance
Agriculture Intelligence, a precision agriculture-science company combining automation, remote sensing and artificial intelligence to provide cloud-based, precision data for specialty crops, has announced a multi-year partnership with NAU Country for its award-winning AI platform Agroview. January 20, 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