Farmer First Resources
Does Crop Insurance Cover Smoke Damage to Wine Grapes? Yes and the First 72 Hours Matter Most
Crop insurance agent, Jimmy Smith, shares what he’d want any winegrape grower to understand before the next fire season.
Revenue Protection vs. Yield Protection: Which Is Right for Your Farm?
Revenue protection covers low yield and price drops; yield protection covers yield only. How to choose the right policy, with acre-level math.
“It’s Survival Now”: The Packer’s Christina Herrick on What Specialty Crop Growers Are Really Facing
Christina Herrick spends her days talking to the people who feed this country. As produce editor at The Packer and host of The Packer...
A Farm Bill Worth the Wait: What the Next One Could Mean for Specialty Crops
We sat down with Jeff Sands, Vice President of Federal Affairs at Rural Community Insurance Services (RCIS), for a view from Capitol Hill.
The crop insurance cycle, step by step
The crop insurance cycle in 13 plain-language steps, from sales closing to claims. Free printable infographic for specialty crop growers.
What Is Crop Insurance and How Does It Actually Work?
Crop insurance protects your yield and revenue when weather or markets turn. Here’s how the federal program actually works in plain language.
What Farmer First means to the Insure.ag team
The Insure.ag team hard launched nearly a year ago, in August 2025. We’re reflecting on what the mission means to us.
We built a team around AI and it’s made us more human
Insure.ag Head of Operations Kari Madden on what an AI-first operation actually looks like and why it makes us better for growers.
AI Crop Insurance: Meet Dot Ag by Insure.ag
Discover how Dot Ag from Insure.ag uses AI, aerial imagery, and acre-level analytics to deliver smarter crop insurance recommendations for every farm.
The Bug That Eats Acid Might Save Your Apple Crop
A microbe that lives in boiling acid shouldn’t have anything to do with your orchard. It might be about to change how growers fight...
Everyone Has a Role to Play: Reflections on a Busy Season of Industry Events
Everyone has a part to play in protecting growers from risk, and when you see all those people in the same room, you start...
More Than a Scholarship: Why WAEF Matters to Our Industry
In my time serving on the Washington Apple Education Foundation board, I’ve watched it change lives, not just one at a time, but in...
Rising Tide: How California’s Wine Grape Industry Is Writing Its Own Playbook
Inside California Association of Winegrape Growers (CAWG’s) collaborative push to build better risk tools, protect American-grown fruit, and prove that an industry built on...
Insure.ag Acquires CropCore, Expanding AI Capabilities to Transform Coverage-Level Optimization for Growers
Insure.ag announced the acquisition of CropCore, an industry-leading AI powered coverage-level optimization engine. Insure.ag, the first AI-optimized crop insurance agency built to put farmers...
Insure.ag Launches First AI Optimized Crop Insurance Agency
Combining Human Expertise with AI Precision Today marks the official launch of Insure.ag, a next-generation crop insurance agency built to put farmers first. After...