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EWG: Extreme weather linked to climate crisis triggered $118.7B in crop insurance payments

EWG: Farmers received record $19.13B in crop insurance indemnities in 2022

EWG statement on the debt ceiling agreement: It will hurt hungry people

Proposed cuts “devastating” to farmers, hungry people

EWG applauds President Biden for blasting House Republican plot to slash food assistance for hungry Americans

Farm subsidies, not anti-hunger programs, should be focus of budget cuts

EWG’s updated Farm Subsidy Database reveals $3.1B USDA transparency problem

EWG report: As climate crisis worsens, a wetter Midwest is linked to climbing crop insurance costs

EWG investigation: Of $7.4B spent on two major USDA conservation programs, very little has flowed to ‘climate-smart’ farming

EWG analysis: From 2018 to 2020, farmers reaped $91.6B in taxpayer-funded USDA subsidies

EWG analysis: In the Mississippi River region, the climate crisis helped run up a $39.5B taxpayer bill for crop insurance premiums

EWG speech at AEI on climate and agriculture
EWG Senior Vice President for Government Affairs Scott Faber delivered the following remarks before the American Enterprise Institute on Tuesday, April 12, 2022.

EWG: In the Mississippi River region, retiring frequently flooded fields could save billions in crop insurance payouts

EWG analysis: As climate crisis accelerated, 10 Mississippi River basin counties raked in $3 billion in crop insurance payouts

EWG analysis: Climate crisis has already cost taxpayers billions in crop insurance payouts to farmers

EWG promotes two staff members to lead Midwest office, geospatial team

Budget bill includes $28 billion for historic climate-focused conservation efforts

Cover crops, touted as a climate crisis solution, planted on only 1 in 20 acres of Corn Belt cropland

EWG Report: Under Trump, Farm Subsidies Soared, Making the Rich Richer
Federal farm policy has long favored the wealthiest landowners with taxpayer-funded largesse. But under the Trump administration, even more money went to the largest and wealthiest farms, further...

Lawmakers Threaten To Derail Proposal To Eliminate Black Farmers’ Debt
Two members of the House Agriculture Committee are trying to derail a provision in the budget reconciliation bill that would eliminate all federal farm debt held by Black farmers.
