The Internet can be used to deliver in-depth education to adult learners who do not have the time nor the means to participate in traditional extension activities. The Agricultural Management E-School (AMES) offers noncredit home study courses in farm management and agricultural marketing topics...

Insurance against poor crop yields has been available for many years. But income from crop production can be low even when yields are not. A new risk management tool known as crop revenue insruance addresses this problem. Revenue insurance guarantees a certain level of revenue rather than just...

Every year Iowa farmers face the threat of damage to their crops from drought, hail, flood, insects, and other natural disasters. The U.S.D.A. Risk Management Agency (RMA) and private crop insurance venders have developed a set of insurance programs to help control crop production risks at a...

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