http://www.liveassetinsurance.com/blog Live Asset Insurance Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:15:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Report Suggests Lower Crop Losses Should Mean Lower Insurance Costs All signs point to lower crop insurance premiums for farmers in the U.S. – especially in the nation’s Corn Belt – according to an Iowa Ag Review report in its Fall 2009 issue. Through analyzing trends in corn crop drought tolerance ... http://www.liveassetinsurance.com/blog/2010/crop-drought-tolerance-is-up-but-crop-insurance-premiums-haven%e2%80%99t-budged/ Crop insurance companies earn excessive profits at taxpayers’ expense U.S. crop insurance companies, especially those subsidized mainly by tax dollars, are doing quite well from their perspective—revenue is skyrocketing.  However, the Risk Management Agency of the USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) points to excessive gains on the part of those companies ... http://www.liveassetinsurance.com/blog/2010/federal-crop-insurance-program/ Unique Grapevine Coverage Draws National Attention Live Asset Insurance earned some major industry visibility and credibility when it was featured recently in Wines and Vines Magazine’s December 2009 issue. The piece focused on the services Live Asset offers, as well as the reasons growers should strongly consider the grapevine insurance Live ... http://www.liveassetinsurance.com/blog/2010/wines-and-vines-magazine/ Wholesale Plant Growers, Retailers, Distributors & Others Have New, Crucial Insurance Options ANLA’s – or the American Nursery and Landscape Association – endorsement of Live Asset Insurance means good news and great options for the nursery industry, including wholesale plant growers, and for the landscape industry. This new partnership is quite simple. ... http://www.liveassetinsurance.com/blog/2009/anla-nursery-landscape-insurance/ The popularity of starting vineyards is growing, as should the protection provided these start-ups The number of celebrity vineyards that are popping up all over the world is growing as process of growing grapes and making wine grows in popularity.  Actors, directors, and even politicians are using a part their substantial ... http://www.liveassetinsurance.com/blog/2009/celebrity-vineyards/ Vineyard Establishment Costs can be thousands of dollars per acre In our last post, I talked about the multi-year gap between starting a vineyard and having government-subsidized crop insurance kick in to protect your vineyard investment. Live Asset Insurance offers protection for those vineyard start-up costs that would otherwise be left ... http://www.liveassetinsurance.com/blog/2009/vineyard-start-up-costs/ Buying Or Starting A Vineyard Costs Big Bucks Undoubtedly, if you are thinking of buying a vineyard or creating one from the ground up, the challenges are many and a vineyard investment is a huge one indeed. Of course, that shouldn’t deter you. But, a realistic estimate of vineyard costs should ... http://www.liveassetinsurance.com/blog/2009/vineyard-investment/ Figuring out how to start a winery must include a look at winery insurance At Live Asset Insurance, we are used to explaining our unique insurance coverage to brokers and owners themselves. When it comes to vineyard insurance, we educate people on where government crop insurance drops the ball; where traditional ... http://www.liveassetinsurance.com/blog/2009/starting-a-vineyard/ Northern Central Park Won’t Be The Same After August Storm Regions of northern Central Park were heavily damaged by an intense storm that moved through the area on August 18th, 2009.  Although the period of time in which the storm was at its worst is considerably brief (about 30 minutes), the ... http://www.liveassetinsurance.com/blog/2009/storm-damage-in-central-park/ What is the Federal Reforestation Credit? The federal tax credit for reforestation is one of the best tax breaks available to landowners.  It allows qualified property-owners to claim a 10-percent reforestation tax credit up to $10,000 for expenses associated with planting trees.  In addition, forestation costs up to this limit may ... http://www.liveassetinsurance.com/blog/2009/reforestation-tax-credit-tree-farmers/