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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- Can cloud-based data management ease ag financing? June 26, 2019
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- New watermelon resistant to Fusarium, southern root-knot nematode June 26, 2019
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- NRCS offers funding for cover crops to Oklahoma flood victims June 26, 2019
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AG NEWS
06.20.19
- Recent Study Shows All Around Benefits of Mechanized Vineyard Canopy Management
- Does FSMA No Longer Apply to Almond Growers?
- California Almonds – Mites, Insects Stirring After Heat Wave – AgFax Tree Crops
- Almond Genome Reveals How Edible, Sweet Almonds Arose
- Duvall Says Farmers May Need Another Trade Aid Program
- Understanding NASS’s planting percentage
- 3 Big Things Today, June 20
- Trade policies shifting to transactional partnerships
- Stable Agricultural Land Values Settle Farm Balance Sheets, For Now
- USTR to Democrats: Let’s make a deal on USMCA
- U.S. Trade Rep: Farmers Hit By Japanese Agreements with Others – DTN
- Ag Trade Balance Projected to Fall to $8 Billion in Fiscal 2019
- Taco Bell Refuses to Consider Using Fake Meat
- Climate Change Sows Seeds of Multi-Peril Crop Insurance Denials
- Federal Reserve: Observations on the Ag Economy- May 2019
- Senators Press for Trade Action | Trade Ambassador Says USMCA Talks Continue to Advance With Democrats
- Trade Optimism Sends US Stocks Higher
- Trump and Xi will talk trade at G-20 “extended meeting”
- Lighthizer testifies on USMCA details
- Trump’s $16 Billion Farm Bailout Criticized at the WTO
- Call the Vet! Rural Veterinary Medicine is Struggling
- Is Trump’s Farm Support Wearing Thin
- Market Retreats to Mull Acreage
- USDA Releases "Season-Average Price Forecasts" Outlook Report
- USDA: Agricultural Exports Supported An Estimated 1.2 Million Full-Time Jobs In 2017
- Despite Sour Ag Economy, Farmers Nat’l Co. Reports Land Sales Volume Up 29%
- Senate Ag Committee Member Says It’s Time to Crack Down on EPA Waivers
- Pruitt Advised Not to Issue Exemptions | Adviser Warned Pruitt of ‘Appearance of Quid Pro Quo’ on Small-Refinery Waivers
- CoBank: Blockchain hurdles for commodity system
- Why Is Kansas City a Good Home for ERS?
- Washington Week Ahead: USTR presses USCMA, House debates FY20 bills
06.13.19
- 3 Big Things Today, June 13
- Table grape industry seeks to offset tariff hit
- Wine industry grapples with challenges
- Almonds – The Heat Is On, 2019’s Rollercoaster Ride Continues – AgFax Tree Crops
- Stabenow, Peters Applaud Decision on Trade Practices Harming Cherries
- 2018 USDA California Almond Nursery Sales Report
- Some Details Of Trade Aid 2.0 Revealed, First Payments In August
- FEEDD Act introduced in U.S. House: A bill that would allow for early haying and grazing of cover crops on prevent plant ground has been introduced in the U.S.
- Secretary Perdue Statement on President Trump’s Biotech Order
- U.S. – Mexico Rift Far From Over and Still a Trade Threat
- Farmers Counting on Congress to Bring USMCA Across Finish Line
- As the First Round of Planting Nears an End, Replanting Begins
- Tyson Enters Plant-Based Meat Market
- EIA: Ethanol Stocks Plunge
- Rural Voters Sticking With Trump
- Trump Simplifies Reviews of Genetically Modified Farm Products
- USDA Set to Adjust U.S. Soy Numbers in July Report – Chief Economist
- As Democratic voters warm to free trade, White House candidates struggle for positions
- In farm children, I see virtues that one sees too rarely these days
- Secretary Perdue Statement on President Trump’s Biotech Order
- Secretary Perdue: Farmers are Resilient
- The Aftermath of Wet Spring: USDA Making Rare Adjustment to Corn Yield
- Will the USDA Bombshell Stick?
- President Trump Streamlines Agriculture Biotech Regulations
- Trump Simplifies Reviews of Genetically Modified Farm Products
- Planting cover crops could yield MFP payments
- Doud, McKinney: Trump Has Farmers Backs
- House Ag Subcommittee Agricultural Trade Hearing- USMCA Approval “Vital”
- New Book Released: Who’s Running Your Farm (NEXT)?
- Fragile U.S. – Mexico Dea Doesn’t Include Ag Purchases
- Trump Removes Tariff Threat, But Obstacles Remain for USMCA
- 2017 Census Shows Continued Concentration In Agricultural Production
- USDA Releases “Latest U.S. Agricutlural Trade Data” Outlook Report
- USDA Tempers Aid Expectations: Planting Still a Priority for MFP Payments, Disaster Aid Has to Stretch Far
- USDA’s June Report Ill-Suited for Big Questions
- Petroleum Interests Sue EPA on E15 Rule
- Crop Progress Report
- China: 5 Things to Think About
- Efforts to Retrict Foreign Ownership of US Farmland Grow
- Additional Information on Disaster and Trade-Related Assistance from USDA
- Wheat Groups Comment on Discovery of GE Wheat in Washington Field
- Secretary Perdue Statement on Disaster and Trade-Related Assistance
- Senators Urge USDA to Expedite Crop Insurance Guidelines
- Trump Calls Off Tariff Threat After Agreement is Reached
- On Heels of Tariff Deal, Trump Seeks to Reassure Rural Base
- ARA: Payments May Negatively Impact Retailers
- Trump Signs Disaster Bill with $3 Billion for Agriculture
- Stage Set for a Significant Price Rally, Analysts Says
- USDA Proposes New Rule for Regulating GM Crops
- G-20 Officials Pledge to Protect Growth
- Positive Trade News with Mexico in the Midst of an Awful Spring for Planting
- Harvested Cropland Declined by 2 Million Acres in 2018
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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