Former USDA Chief Economist Details Growing Popularity of Crop Insurance
Crop insurance continues to grow in popularity, with 90 percent of planted cropland being protected by crop insurance in 2013, former USDA Chief Economist Keith Collins told Agri-Pulse radio host Ken Root during a recent interview on “Open Mic.” Root asked Collins why he had decided to return to working on crop insurance after his […]
CROP INSURANCE IN ACTION: Bing Von Bergen, Moccasin, Montana
Bing Von Bergen is not only the president of the National Association of Wheat Growers, he’s a third-generation Montana wheat farmer who has seen all kinds of weather over the years. “Last year, parts of the nation had the worst drought since the ‘Dirty 30s,” he said, recalling the name given the Dust Bowl years. […]
Crop Insurance Helps NC Farmers Weather the Ups and Downs
From rags to riches. From feast to famine. From pauper to prince. We’ve all heard the phrases to describe going from one extreme condition to the opposite. But farmers in North Carolina understand this concept first hand. Unfortunately. In 2011, just about every imaginable weather disaster hit the state. It started with frigid cold, moved […]
