Spring Soil Moisture and Cotton Insurance Risk in Texas | 2025 Outlook
How Cotton Drives Federal Crop Insurance Results in Texas Texas is the largest state in the U.S. by total premium under the federal crop insurance program, with gross premiums exceeding $1.8 billion in 2024. Cotton accounts for the largest share of Texas’s crop insurance, generating nearly $1 billion in gross premiums—over half of the state’s […]
A Tough Season: Factors Behind France’s 2024 Winter Wheat Yield Decline
France sees 23% drop in 2024 soft wheat production France, the largest wheat producer in Europe, is facing a significant winter wheat production shortfall in 2024. According to figures from the ministry’s statistics agency, Agreste, the total soft wheat production in 2024 will be about 23% below the average production of the past five years. […]
Chilling Blow: How Early Blooms Led to Record Crop Losses Across Europe in April 2024
European Fruit and Wine Growers Hit by Devastating April Frost Below-zero temperatures in the second half of April 2024 have been devastating for European fruit and wine growers. Orchards and vineyards in the Czech Republic, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Poland, Croatia, and Hungary have suffered severe losses. In the Czech Republic alone, the frost resulted in […]