Crop Insurance: Private Sector Participation Enhances Policy Efficacy
Most would agree that the private sector excels at some tasks while the government is better-suited for others. This melding of the private and public sectors has yielded a crop insurance policy with affordable premiums, personalized risk management solutions and a private delivery system that puts needed monies into the hands of farmers when timing […]
Mid Atlantic Lender Sold On Crop Insurance
Kenny Bounds feels strongly about crop insurance. “For ag lenders, crop insurance is portfolio insurance,” says Bounds (56), the Government Affairs Officer for Mid Atlantic Farm Credit, which serves five states. Bounds has been in ag lending for his entire career and lives on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. “I tell our producers that anyone who self-insures […]
When Mother Nature Gives You A Jolt, Crop Insurance is There
By Quentin Bowen Sitting on a combine for 12 hours a day harvesting corn and soybeans gives a person a certain degree of clarity combined with long blocks of time to think and analyze. Looking at the corn I’m harvesting, I marvel at the fact that somehow, my family farm managed to dodge the many […]
