How Much Does Farm Insurance Cost?
As a farmer, you manage a lot of “behind-the-scenes” costs to keep your operations viable and affordable. One aspect of farming is acquiring comprehensive agriculture or farm insurance, which should generally insure all equipment you may have, commercial vehicles, [...]
Proper Fire Safety Practices for Your Farm
Proper Fire Safety Practices & Prevention Measures for Your Farm Barn fires can wreak havoc on a farm overnight. Some farms in history have resulted in the tragic loss of human life and the loss of animal life leaving [...]
Poultry Farm Insurance: What Is & Isn’t Covered
A poultry farm is a farming operation in the animal industry that centralizes on the raising of domesticated birds, including chickens, ducks, geese, and turkeys to produce eggs and/or meat to sell as a food product. Farmers who run [...]
Livestock Mortality Insurance
You have worked your entire life to keep food on the table for your family, for this great nation, and even foreign nations. Whether you are a row crop farmer with a few steers to fill your freezer with [...]
Hitchings Insurance Agency Honored by Ohio Mutual Insurance Group as Top Performing Agency
HONORED IN TOP 10 FOR OUTSTANDING PROFITABLE GROWTH FINDLAY – Hitchings Insurance Agency, Inc. has been recognized by Ohio Mutual Insurance Group President and CEO Mark C. Russell as one of the company’s top 10 agencies for Outstanding Profitable [...]
Farm Fact Friday: Grid Soil Sampling
We rode along as Dan Volkman from Legacy Farmers Cooperative took soil samples from a recently combined bean field in Arcadia, Ohio and explained many details about grid soil sampling! The information soil sampling can provide is helpful to [...]
Farmers Market: Proper Risk Management
It's finally summertime! We have waited all winter long for warmer temperatures. Well, they are certainly here, which means it's growing season. The local farmers market will be opening soon, if it hasn't already! You can probably taste [...]
Farm Fact Friday Alvada Bison Ranch
We went on location to Alvada Bison Ranch to talk to owner, Levi Smith, about his farm operation. We enjoyed our time learning more about bison. After watching, we hope you learn something, too. https://youtu.be/fH3hqUXuQVY P.S. We have a [...]