New Congressional Ag Leaders Pledge to Protect & Strengthen Crop Insurance, Encourage Teamwork to Address Challenges Ahead
The new leaders of the agriculture committees in Congress addressed crop insurers during the annual meeting in Bonita Springs, Fla., of the American Association of Crop Insurers and the National Crop Insurance Services and pledged to protect and strengthen this public-private partnership. In separate taped videos, Sen. Pat Roberts, the chairman of the Senate Committee […]
Crop Insurance in Action: Bill Christ, Metamora, Illinois
For those who have ever visited America’s Corn Belt, they know that the region has soil and climatic conditions for growing corn and soybeans. “And our farmers are hardworking, committed and driven to produce record crops every year,” notes farmer and crop insurance agent Bill Christ. In the past, when drought would occasionally come, “many […]
Steve Baccus: Farmers need protection of crop insurance
When the homesteaders came to Kansas, they were looking for land to farm and a chance at the American dream. If they were like my family, they arrived here in a covered wagon, and many of us still live on the land where they began to build their dreams. But Kansas can be a cruel […]
