Convo 43
Losing a crop is very disappointing, especially when you are at the very end, you are close to harvest, you put all of this time and money into it, and then you lose it. That is when it is nice to have crop insurance.
Convo 42
Today, crop insurance is the foundation of this Farm Bill and the farm safety net. The farmer gets a bill, not a check with crop insurance…and they don’t get help unless they really need it.
Convo 41
Had we not had that safety net, it might be difficult for you to walk to the supermarket and pick up that loaf of bread.
Convo 40
“In addition to covering a host of other crop insurance-related issues, the newly released online resource also addresses major and minor policy changes in the 2014 Farm Bill, including the introduction of new products including SCO and STAX, new products available for beginning farmers, the link between the premium discount and conservation and newly authorized […]
Convo 39
“The industry fully understands the responsibility we carry as farmers’ primary risk management tool. We feel blessed to be in this position and are fully committed to improve the integrity of the system, develop new policies for crops that aren’t currently covered, and deliver first-rate customer service to our farmer customers.” Tom Zacharias, President, National […]
Convo 38
The bill also strengthens crop insurance, which is an essential cost-effective risk management tool. With crop insurance, farmers invest in their own risk management by purchasing insurance policies so they are protected in difficult times. Crop insurance also helps protect Americans from spikes in food prices. Without crop insurance farmers would have no way to […]
Convo 37
Given our new ‘normal’ characterized by volatility everywhere-in weather, markets and regulation-farmers would struggle without access to crop insurance, a vital tool for rural America and the new face of farm policy.
Convo 36
Farmers are not paid to buy crop insurance. Farmers pay for crop insurance. They spent about $4 billion of their own money in 2012 for premium, and last year when we had the catastrophic drought through the Midwest, before those deductibles kicked in, farmers absorbed just under $13 billion in uninsured losses.
Convo 35
Crop insurance is a partnership between the farmer, the government and the insurance company. The farmer pays some and the government pays some and this benefits the entire economy and the entire country.
Convo 34
Without crop insurance, these farmers would have no way to recover from these devastating conditions unless the government would step in to provide immediate, unplanned, and unbudgeted disaster assistance. With crop insurance, farmers are able to plan for disasters by paying for coverage. This coverage doesn’t make them whole, but rather helps them survive.
