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Fewer Taxpayer Giveaways Would Cut the Fat, Not ‘Cripple’ Crop Insurance
The proposed $3 billion cut in crop insurance subsidies in the recent federal budget deal would not “kill the crop insurance program,” contrary to claims by the crop insurance industry and its allies...
Crop Insurance Companies “Crying Wolf” on Budget Deal
The decision by Congress to cut the government-guaranteed profits of crop insurance giants will not “cripple” the industry, as some crop insurance companies claim. Contrary to industry complaints, the...
Proposal Would Reform Bloated Crop Insurance Program
Legislation introduced in Congress today would ease the burden placed on taxpayers and the environment by the bloated federal crop insurance program, according to the Environmental Working Group.
Crop Insurance: An Annual Disaster for Taxpayers and the Environment
EWG's new analysis found that the federal crop insurance program is much more costly to taxpayers and more harmful to the environment than the disaster payment program it has largely replaced. EWG...
National Black Farmers Association and EWG Applaud Crop Insurance Reform in Budget Deal
Here is a joint statement from John Boyd, president of the National Black Farmers Association, and Scott Faber, vice president of government affairs of EWG, on a critical crop insurance reform...
House Committee Gives Handouts to Wealthiest Farmers, Delays Critical Environmental Program
The House Appropriations Committee today passed an agriculture appropriations bill that destroys critical environmental protections while leaving the lavish and wasteful federal crop insurance program...
Boondoggle: “Prevented Planting” Crop Insurance Plows Up Wetlands, Wastes Billions
A new EWG report reveals that from 2000 to 2013 a total of $4.4 billion in federal “prevented planting” crop insurance payouts went to farmers in 94 counties in the iconic Prairie Pothole Region of...
EWG Welcomes Bill to Cap Crop Insurance Premium Subsidies
Bipartisan legislation introduced in the Senate today would limit the amount of federal crop insurance premium subsidies a grower can receive, saving billions of dollars while affecting very few...
Budget Proposal Would Reform Broken Crop Insurance Program
The Obama administration's fiscal year 2016 budget proposal contains two common-sense reforms to the broken federal crop insurance program that would save taxpayers billions of dollars and protect our...
Senate Bill Would Limit Crop Insurance Subsidies
A new bill introduced Wednesday by Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) aims to cap crop insurance subsidies, a reform that Environmental Working Group has long advocated.
Budget Proposal Includes Important Crop Insurance Reforms
The 2015 federal budget released by the White House this morning includes important and very welcome initiatives to reform the bloated crop insurance program, Environmental Working Group said in a...
New Farm Law is Bad for Taxpayers and the Environment
President Obama signed into law today a farm bill that is bad for taxpayers and bad for the environment, the Environmental Working Group said in a statement.
Farm Bill Takes Food and Farm Policy Down the Wrong Path
Environmental Working Group (EWG) released the following statement in response to the passage of the farm bill in the Senate.
Farm Bill Falls Far Short Of Vital Reform
The bill produced by the farm bill conference committee falls far short of the reforms needed to create a federal food and agricultural policy that can meet the challenges of the 21st century, the...
Federal Crop Insurance Over-compensates Farmers and Insurance Companies
Forbes Billionaires Reaped Millions in Farm Subsidies
At least 50 billionaires or farm businesses in which they had a financial interest benefited from $11.3 million in traditional farm subsidies between 1995 and 2012, according to a new analysis...
EWG Demands Crop Insurance Reform and Stronger Environmental Protections in Farm Bill
The Environmental Working Group (EWG) sent a letter to members of the 2013 Farm Bill conference committee today demanding a farm bill that reforms crop insurance and strengthens environmental...
House Votes To Limit Crop Insurance Subsidies to Largest Farm Operations
Environmental Working Group (EWG) released the following statement in response to the sense of the House resolution passed by the U.S. House of Representative to instruct the farm bill conference...
New Supplemental Coverage Proposal Would Bulk Up Farm Subsidies and Crop Insurance, Report Shows
A proposed supplemental crop insurance program included in the pending farm bills in both the House and Senate would have boosted windfall profits for farm businesses and increased federally...
House Fails To Do The Right Thing
The U.S. House of Representatives failed to do the right thing today by passing a bill that will deny food assistance to 6 million Americans, Environmental Working Group (EWG) said in a statement.
