Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Author, professor and founder. Deeply curious about leadership. It is often amid the overwhelming destruction of natural disasters ...

In late September, as Hurricane Helene unleashed record floods on the Appalachian region of western North Carolina, killing more than 100 and causing an estimated $50 billion in damage, Americans ...

Congress passed a continuing resolution Friday, Dec. 20, which extends the current farm bill by a year and includes $31 billion in economic and disaster relief for farmers. The resolution passed with ...

USDA is currently in the trenches of issuing the nearly $31 billion in total disaster and emergency relief aid to farmers and ranchers in four stages. That money was appropriated by Congress as part ...

BISMARCK, ND (KXNET) — U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced today that agricultural producers who suffered eligible crop losses due to natural disasters in 2023 and 2024 can now ...

Weather-related production risks are unavoidable on the farm or ranch. From heavy rain and hail to snow, high winds and drought, farm families prepare their land, plant and harvest each season, fully ...

USDA initiated sign-ups for the Supplemental Disaster Relief Program at local Farm Service Agency offices a few weeks ago. A total of just over $16 billion will be available for this program, with ...

(RNS) — Disaster relief groups have moved supplies into place, mobilized volunteers and started raising funds to respond to Hurricane Melissa, which has killed more than 20 people and flooded out ...

Welcome to this week’s Founder Focus! I’m Melissa Angell, Inc.‘s policy correspondent, and each week I’ll be dissecting some of the top policy issues small businesses face. You can sign up to get this ...

The pace of natural disasters seems to be accelerating with climate change, prompting taxpayers and tax preparers to search for ways to deduct catastrophic losses. Processing Content The Federal ...