Sacramento, November 13, 2024 – In August, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced a new Fire Insurance Protection-Smoke Index (FIP-SI) endorsement for crop insurance, designed specifically ...
California wildfires are threatening to upend crop insurance for vineyards as smoke threatens grape production in another record-breaking wildfire year in the U.S.
—Jack Roudebush, crop insurance expert,...
As wildfires threaten communities in California and beyond, many grape growers have faced a difficult 2020 harvest made even more challenging by the fast-moving fires and smoke that has filled the region....
No one has more respect for Mother Nature than farmers. In Sonoma County alone, with close to 60,000 acres under vine, almost 70 percent are insured against any number of the vagaries that can occur– and...
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The economic stability of the U.S. agriculture as a whole as well as the individual vineyard and grower is promoted through the system of crop insurance by the USDA Risk Management Agency. It’s a federally...
Google chief, social media gives wine the chance to shine:
Social media platforms like YouTube give the wine industry the chance to connect directly with consumers in a way traditional media channels...
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