Crop Insurance Helps Farmers and Ag Lenders Manage Risk
Weather anomalies have challenged farmers since the earliest days of agriculture. A flood, hail storm or drought can leave a farmer without a harvestable crop at the end of the season. In Central Kansas, producers have been fortunate in the fact that they have not had to endure multiple years of drought or poor production. […]
This Drought Just Isn’t Giving Up, But Farmers Aren’t Quitters
California’s central valley has been called America’s salad bowl, but honestly in the last four years, it looks more like a dust bowl than a vegetable garden. The historic drought has caused many California farmers to pay prices for water – just to keep their orchards alive – that most Americans would find unfathomable. Almond, […]
Matt Fisher, farmer, Delano, California
Steve Murray, farmer, Bakersfield, California
Stanley Wilson, farmer, Shafter, CA
Kenneth Kirschenmann, Shafter, California
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In the wake of a devastating disaster, crop insurance offers a lifeline. It is one of the most important, reliable, and cost-effective parts of the safety net here in the United States.
Todd Snider, Crop Insurance Agent
Todd Snider, Crop Insurance Agent
USDA Under Secretary Scuse on Crop Insurance: “I wouldn’t dream of farming without it.”
USDA’s under secretary for Farm and Foreign Ag Services, Michael Scuse, openly admits he didn’t always buy crop insurance on his Delaware farm back in the 1980s and 90s. But today, he wouldn’t consider farming without it. “Back in the 1980s and 90s, you couldn’t give me crop insurance. It didn’t work on my farm,” […]
