Farmer Seeks De Novo Review, Overturning Of Decision In Crop Insurance Spat

( March 18, 2025, 8:15 AM EDT) -- SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A farmer who says he “exhausted all administrative remedies” filed a complaint in a federal court in South Dakota seeking de novo review of a decision by a federal agency’s independent appeals division after it upheld a determination that a crop insurance regulator lacked authority to issue a noncompliance finding under the farmer’s Whole Farm Revenue Protection (WFRP) policy, which reduced a crop loss payout....