Farmer Leaders Call Crop Insurance “Most Important Risk Management Tool”
Farmer leaders from across the country called crop insurance their “most important risk management tool” and said it is essential to keep agriculture strong and bring young farmers into an aging business. The comments were made during a panel discussion at the 2013 crop insurance industry conference in Indian Wells, California. Curt Friesen, a member […]
New NCIS Video: Criticisms Against Farmers Who Purchase Crop Insurance Naïve, Untrue
Critics who said that farmers who purchased crop insurance were “praying for drought, not praying for rain” or were “laughing all the way to the bank” during last summer’s historic drought were strongly rebuked by farmers, crop insurance agents and claims adjusters in a new video released by National Crop Insurance Services (NCIS). Marvin Andris, […]
Crop Insurance One Way to Help Protect Farmers
Right before our very eyes, the nation’s specialty crop capital has turned into the nation’s frozen food section, as the San Joaquin Valley suffered several consecutive nights of freezing temperatures. While the extent of the damage to some crops could take weeks to assess, one thing is clear: Some farmers will take a big loss. […]
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“Over the last 15 years, crop insurance is where we have been trying to help move farmers in terms of taking advantage of risk management tools for their crops. “It is still the central focus of where we think farmers ought to be able to have easy access to insure their crops and insure some […]
