Crop Insurance Acreage Sets New Mark in 2017
PHOENIX—2017 was an historic year for crop insurance, with 311 million acres enrolled in the system. For perspective, that’s an area roughly the size of California, Texas and New York combined. The good news was delivered by Mike Day, chairman of National Crop Insurance Services (NCIS), during the industry’s annual meeting, which began yesterday. He […]
Chairman Conaway Vows to Defend Successful Crop Insurance System
The House Agriculture Committee is diligently working on a new Farm Bill, which Committee Chairman Mike Conaway (R-TX) hopes will receive a vote in the House of Representatives before the end of March. Conaway, who addressed the crop insurance industry’s annual convention yesterday, said that would leave plenty of time to work out differences with […]
