Crop Insurance Industry’s Rate of Return
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. […]
CROP INSURANCE IN ACTION: Mike Quinn, Garner, North Carolina
If there’s anything the droughts of 2011 and 2012 taught American farmers, it’s the importance of being prepared for anything. That includes occasional years of dealing with dry conditions trying to grow the Carolinas’ homegrown cotton crop. Michael Quinn, the president and CEO of Carolinas Cotton Growers Cooperative, Inc., has witnessed how both droughts and […]
Convo 63
The United States learned through experience that handling natural disasters after the fact is not only destabilizing for farmers but expensive for taxpayers. To encourage more farmers to purchase crop insurance – thus laying their personal risk management groundwork before a possible disaster – the government began helping discount premiums to ensure that coverage is […]
Matt Fisher, citrus grower, Delano, California
Steve Murray, farmer, Bakersfield, California
Higginsville, S.C. Farmer: Crop insurance policies are crucial for farmers
As someone who has spent more than four decades managing a fourth-generation farm and the past 10 years building my family’s crop insurance agency, I believe I have valuable perspective worth sharing regarding how essential today’s Federal crop insurance policies are to America’s farmers and consumers. Specifically, I would like to explain how essential the […]
Convo 62
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.
