Four Crop Insurance Industry Stalwarts Presented with Lifetime Achievement Awards
(SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ.) – Kent Petersen, Hudson Crop Insurance, Robert Parkerson, ProAg Insurance, Russell Slade, Diversified Crop Insurance Services, and Charles “Chuck” Lassey, retired, were presented with a Crop Insurance Industry Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2014 Crop Insurance Industry Annual Convention. Tim Weber, Chairman of the National Crop Insurance Services (NCIS) Board of Directors, and […]
Dan Carothers Receives Crop Insurance Industry Outstanding Service Award
(SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ.) – Dan Carothers was the recipient of the 2014 National Crop Insurance Services Outstanding Service Award in recognition for outstanding service and outreach to small, limited resource, and socially disadvantaged farmers. Tim Weber, Chairman of the National Crop Insurance Services (NCIS) Board of Directors, and Tom Zacharias, President of NCIS, presented the award […]
Tom Vetter Receives NCIS Industry Leadership Award
(SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ.) – Tom Vetter, ProAg Insurance, was presented with the 2014 National Crop Insurance Services (NCIS) Industry Leadership Award at the 2014 Crop Insurance Industry Annual Convention. This award is given to individuals who are directly involved in the crop insurance industry and who consistently serve the industry by providing outstanding leadership through NCIS […]
Kenny Shock Receives NCIS Industry Leadership Award
(SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ.) – Kenny Shock, Great American Insurance Company, was presented with the 2014 National Crop Insurance Services (NCIS) Industry Leadership Award at the 2014 Crop Insurance Industry Annual Convention. This award is given to individuals who are directly involved in the crop insurance industry and who consistently serve the industry by providing outstanding leadership […]
2013: A Landmark Year for Farmers, Crop Insurance
(SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.) — On the heels of the 2012 drought, farmers turned to crop insurance in record numbers to protect their crops in 2013, according to data released today at a convention hosted by the National Crop Insurance Services (NCIS) and American Association of Crop Insurers. Notable crop insurance statistics for 2013: Farmers spent $4.5 […]
Farm Bill Reduces the Deficit, Boosts Crop Insurance
What started off two and half years ago as an attempt to craft a Farm Bill with bold deficit reductions in mind became the new North star of U.S. agriculture policy last week when President Obama signed The Agriculture Act of 2014 into law at Michigan State University. The law marks a dramatic turning point […]
2013 A Landmark Year for Farmers, Crop Insurance Industry
On the heels of the 2012 drought, farmers turned to crop insurance in record numbers to protect their crops in 2013, according to data released recently at the convention hosted by the National Crop Insurance Services (NCIS) and American Association of Crop Insurers The industry noted that 2013 had been a landmark year for both […]
2014: A New Year, A Fresh Outlook…Spotlight on Crop Insurance
When Nebraska and Kansas farmers looked out their kitchen windows in the late summer of 2012, they saw withering fields that harkened back to the Dust Bowl years. The majority of both states were experiencing extreme or exceptional drought, a condition that would not change for most farmers through harvest in the High Plains. And […]
