New Podcast Episode: Keep America Growing

NEW PODCAST EPISODE 🌱 Keep America Growing When you think of agriculture and farming in America, what immediately comes to mind? For many, it’s the rolling corn and soybean fields in the Midwest. But America’s farmers grow many different types of fruits and vegetables throughout the country, requiring a diverse crop insurance program that meets […]

Hartwell Huddleston Receives Crop Insurance Industry Outstanding Outreach Award

Hartwell Huddleston is a recipient of the 2024 Crop Insurance Industry Outstanding Outreach Award, which was presented during the 2024 Crop Insurance Industry Annual Convention in Scottsdale, Arizona. The Outstanding Outreach award recognizes an individual who provides outstanding service to all farmers, including outreach to small, limited resource, and socially disadvantaged farmers. Hartwell Huddleston is […]

Darrell Tennie Receives Crop Insurance Industry Outstanding Outreach Award

Darrell Tennie is a recipient of the 2024 Crop Insurance Industry Outstanding Outreach Award, which was presented during the 2024 Crop Insurance Industry Annual Convention in Scottsdale, Arizona. The Outstanding Outreach award recognizes an individual who provides outstanding service to all farmers, including outreach to small, limited resource, and socially disadvantaged farmers. Darrell Tennie and […]

Jaime Cortes Receives Crop Insurance Industry Outstanding Outreach Award

Jaime Cortes is a recipient of the 2024 Crop Insurance Industry Outstanding Outreach Award, which was presented during the 2024 Crop Insurance Industry Annual Convention in Scottsdale, Arizona. The Outstanding Outreach award recognizes an individual who provides outstanding service to all farmers, including outreach to small, limited resource, and socially disadvantaged farmers. Jaime Cortes, Marsh […]

Lisa Haag Receives Crop Insurance Friend of the Industry Award

Lisa Haag, Rural Community Insurance Services (RCIS) is the recipient of the 2024 Crop Insurance Friend of the Industry Award, which was presented during the 2024 Crop Insurance Industry Annual Convention in Scottsdale, Arizona. The Friend of the Industry award recognizes an individual who provides exceptional and notable contributions to the crop insurance industry. Lisa […]

Ron Rutledge Receives Crop Insurance Industry Lifetime Achievement Award

Ron Rutledge was the recipient of the 2024 Crop Insurance Industry Lifetime Achievement Award presented during the 2024 Crop Insurance Industry Annual Convention held in Scottsdale, Arizona. The Lifetime Achievement Award is designed to recognize individuals who consistently demonstrate outstanding leadership to the crop insurance industry. The lasting impact Ron Rutledge has made on the […]

New Voter Polling Confirms Importance of Strong Crop Insurance Program

Eure Family from North Carolina

Registered voters support farmers and the protection provided by the crop insurance program, according to recently released data from National Crop Insurance Services (NCIS). American voters are asking Congress to support family farmers by passing a Farm Bill that protects, preserves, and improves crop insurance. A national poll of more than 1,100 registered voters conducted […]

New Podcast: Keep America Growing

Crop insurance is one of the most instrumental components of a strong farm safety net. But with terms like “Actuarial Soundness” or “Whole-Farm Revenue Protection,” it might sometimes feel like you need to be an insurance whiz to fully understand how this public-private partnership works. To keep you up-to-date and in-the-know about crop insurance, National […]

NCIS Scholarship Program Helps Deserving Students

The crop insurance industry is actively working to increase the diversity in its workforce to reflect the diversity of the farmers it serves, and National Crop Insurance Services (NCIS) is proud to be part of this effort by supporting deserving students at the historically Black 1890 Land-Grant Institutions. For more than a decade, NCIS has […]

Celebrating Another Year Protecting Farmers

For decades, crop insurance has been a key component to the tremendous success of our country’s agricultural economy – and the same was true this year. Farmers all across America relied on crop insurance to navigate risks like unplanned weather events and keep their farms growing. With 2024 around the corner and the holiday season […]