Our Roots Run Deep…
THE BOMAN FAMILY HAS BEEN
INSURING CALIFORNIA GROWERS SINCE 1982
We Offer Our Growers & Ranchers
The Risk Management Tools They Need
And Below Are Just a Few of Our
Specialty Risk Management Tools…
Citrus Freeze Coverage
We offer both Grower & Packer Citrus Freeze | LEARN MORECitrus Freeze Coverage
The Grower Citrus Freeze insurance policy is an annual policy which protects citrus growers against yield losses due to internal or external damage caused by freeze while the fruit is on the trees.
Packer Citrus Freeze covers losses in packing revenue incurred by the packer. This policy can cover the shortfall of a specific number of cartons as selected by the packer directly caused by freeze which prevents the citrus from meeting standards such as fresh marketable citrus. Contact us for more details.
Raisin Reconditioning
We offer Raisin Reconditioning insurance. | LEARN MORERaisin Reconditioning
The Raisin Reconditioning policy reimburses growers for the extra expense of wash and dry reconditioning directly due to rainfall while on trays in the insured vineyard during the insurance period. The policy will reimburse you for slipping, turning, or other field expense incurred by the grower due to the direct rainfall on the trays. It does not insure against lost production or decrease in the value of raisins, other than an allowance for shrinkage. Contact us for more details.
Almond Extra Price
We offer Almond Extra Price insurance. | LEARN MOREAlmond Extra Price
The almond extra price policy allows the grower to purchase more $ coverage per pound of $.25, $.35, $.50, or $.75 cents per lb above the MPCI insurance price. Contact us for more details.
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- Making the prevented planting decision May 21, 2019
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AG NEWS
05.16.19 | Updated 05.17.19
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- 3 Big Things Today, May 16
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- Trade War Hurting the U.S. Ethanol Industry ‘Badly’ -U.S. Grains Council
- Ag Sec’y Perdue Provides Update On China-U.S. Relations
- Trump Displays Preference for Tariffs Over Deals
- Why Farm Bureau Likes EPA’s Revised Water Policies
- Farm Progress America, May 15, 2019
- Mnuchin: Deal on Steel and Aluminum Tariffs is ‘Close’
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- GOP Works to Ease Blow From Trump’s Trade War
- U.S., China Trade Dispute Escalates, While Some Trade Aid Details Emerge
- Trump Declares National Emergency to Secure Communications Technology
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- New Ag Trade Aid Package in Days, Not Weeks
- Trump Says U.S.-China Trade Talks Have Not Collapsed
- China Says Tariff Retaliation to Take Effect on June 1
- Senator Lobbying White House for Trade Aid for Farmers Affected by China Tariffs
- Literal Cost of the Trade War
- Agriculture Waits for Crucial USMCA Vote
- JP Morgan Calls U.S. Ag Fundamentals “Rapidly Deteriorating”
- EPA Proposal Would Raise Biofuel Mandate in 2020
- Roberts, Stabenow Announce Climate Change Hearing
- Trump Says U.S. Farmers to Get $15 Billion in Aid Amid China Trade Spat
- Trump to Meet Xi After Defiant China Slaps U.S. with New Tariffs
- Perdue: U.S. Wants China to Be a Customer
- Roberts: Time is Now for Deal with China
- Wanted: U.S. China Trade Deal, Deadline: June 1
- USDA Weekly Crop Progress US Farmers Fall Further Behind in Race to Plant
- Prevented-Planting Decisions Farms Underwater Won’t Have a Choice, but Prevented Planting Not an Easy Decision
- Planting Delayed? Here Are Your Prevent Plant Options
- May 13, 2019 Crop Progress Report (PDF)
- Weekly Grain Movement – Wheat carves out a marketing-year high
- Jury awards $2 billion in third Roundup trial
- Soybeans Prices Break Hard Monday, Hit 10-Year Low
- Federal Reserve Ag Credit Surveys- 2019 First Quarter Farm Economy Conditions
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- Texas Wheat: Bacterial Streak and Black Chaff
- Farmland Cash Rents Again Mostly Steady in 2019
- Weekly Outlook: Reconsidering USDA’s Corn Projections
05.09.19
- 3 Big Things Today, May 9
- Wine Institute Applauds New Congressional Wine Caucus Leadership
- California Moves to Ban Chlorpyrifos
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- California Pistachios: Crop Assessments, Observations From Bob Beede
- A Lot on the Line as China Negotiations Near Possible Tipping Point
- USDA’s Early Glimpse of a New Season
- Most Fertilizer Prices Move Lower for Second Week in a Row
- White House Says China Has Indicated It Wants to Make Trade Deal
- Farmer Sentiment Darkens as China Hopes Fade
- Grains Weaker as Forecast Improves and Tariffs Are Readied
- Turning Pivots Into Autonomous Crop Growing Machine
- China Warns It Will Retaliate if Trump Follows Through on Tariff Threat
- Congress to EPA: Stop Undercutting Farmers with Unjust Big Oil Exemptions
- CME Group’s Ag Economy Barometer Plummets in April
- As Farm Bankruptcies Climb, Ag Bankers Take Action
- Group Calls For A New Agency To Be Formed At USDA To Regulate Ag Industry Consolidation
- WTO Dispute Panel Report on China’s Administration of Tariff Rate Quotas (TRQs) for Certain Agricultural Products
- 3 Big Things Today, May 8
- China Outlook Dims on Latest U.S. Trad Spat
- USDA Announces Dual-Use Insurance Grain-Graze Coverage
- EPA Fights for Refiner Waivers in Court Agency: ‘While RFS Encourages Use of Renewable Fuels, Not at All Costs’
- More Background on the Study That Claims Growing Corn Kills People
- Survey Highlights Negative Trend in Worker Availability
- Perdue Plows Ahead With USDA Relocation
- North Dakota Grain Growers to Leave National Association of Wheat Growers
- China Changes Laws in Trade War with U.S., Enforcement a Concern
- Disaster Aid Delays Leave Farmers Hanging By A Thread
- Chapter 12 Bankruptcies Don’t Fully Reveal the Pain in Farm Country
- A Bottom for Cattle?
- Is Anyone Watching the May WASDE Report?
- Lighthizer says China backed away from trade commitments
- ASA President ‘Shocked’ By Trump Tariff Tweet
- USTR Confirms Plan to Hike Tariffs on China
- Trump Threatens More Tariffs
- USDA Weekly Crop Progress Planting Slips Further Behind Average Pace
- Robo Farming: Sabanto Autonomously Plants Soybeans in Iowa, North America
- World Shares Mixed on Tuesday
- Farmer Suicides, Mental Health are Real Problems
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- Purdue On Assessing Ag Producers’ Purchasing And Marketing Skills
- Number of Employees Leaving USDA’s ERS Doubled Over Moving Plan
- Trump Sticks By Tariffs: Grassley Mum on Trump’s Trade Meeting Response to GOP Senators
- Lab-Produced Meat on Rise Ag Challenge: Meeting Changes in Consumer Demand
- Trump ‘Firm’ on China Structural Demands, Tariffs Part of Enforcement -Pence
- China Considers Canceling Trade Talks With U.S., WSJ Says
- Congress Working Towaards Solutions for Livestock Haulers
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- Climate Change: Political Trigger and Real Fact – Commentary
- Perdue Announces Top Sites for ERS and NIFA Relocations
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- Assessing Procurement and Marketing Skills
REPORTS & GOVERNMENT
Agriculture is Vital to California
California is the nation’s number one agriculture state and has been for 50 years, growing more than half of the nation’s fruits, vegetables, and nuts. California leads the nation in milk production, but other major crops – produced commercially only in California – include: almonds, artichokes, dates, kiwifruit, figs, olives, persimmons, pomegranates, dried plums, raisins, clingstone peaches, pistachios, sweet rice, ladino clover seed and walnuts.
Click here to download the California Crop Insurance Fact Sheet.
Agriculture Drives Arizona’s Economy
- Arizona crops contribute $4.5 billion to the state’s economy.
- Top crops grown include hay, lemons, cotton, and spinach.
Click here to download the Arizona Crop Insurance Fact Sheet.
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