30 Years In and Still Reforming – New Keep America Growing Podcast Episode
Did you know that 2024 marks the 30-year anniversary of the 1994 Crop Insurance Reform Act? This means crop insurance has been expanding and adapting to the risk management needs of U.S. agriculture for three decades now. Given this important 30-year anniversary, National Crop Insurance Services (NCIS) and its president, Tom Zacharias, took some time […]
NEW PODCAST EPISODE 🌱 Key Crop Insurance Date in March
Spring is the season of new beginnings, bringing warmer weather and sunshine, and college hoops and March Madness! It’s also the time for farmers to decide which spring crops they want to insure for the 2024 crop year. This is a critical decision for farmers because growing the most abundant and inexpensive food supply in […]
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 […]
New Voter Polling Confirms Importance of Strong Crop Insurance Program
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 […]
Congress Supports Crop Insurance
With a one-year extension of the Farm Bill signed into law, Congress is turning its attention to drafting a five-year Farm Bill that strengthens the farm safety net. As the cornerstone of this safety net, crop insurance has received a lot of attention lately. We’re proud of this public-private partnership that keeps family farmers on […]
Kansas Farmers, Agents Share Crop Insurance Stories
We all want healthy, fresh food for our families. America’s farmers and ranchers provide that and more, for your family and families all over the world. But this wouldn’t be possible without Federal crop insurance. “We purchase crop insurance because we just [have] to,” said Dennis Tencleve, a farmer in Mayfield, Kansas, who grows mainly […]
Crop Insurance Supports Farmers, Farmers Support Crop Insurance
It was late summer when we visited Sumner Country, Kansas, where Phil White farms with his father and brother. All three farmers understand that once they put their crop in the ground, it’s out of their hands – but they also know they can rely on Federal crop insurance to get them through unplanned events […]
Crop Insurance Vital for East Coast Farmers
Crop insurance is essential to the success of farmers and the country because crop insurance supports American farmers, American families, and the American economy. And because crop insurance is so important, farmers have no problem expressing how much they need and rely on it. “I want Congress to know that we have to have crop […]
Farmers Say Crop Insurance is a Need, Not a Want
Not too far from Capitol Hill in Onancock, Virginia, Lynn Gayle farms soybeans, wheat, and corn. Lynn is acutely aware of the precarious nature of farming and the risk presented by Mother Nature “We’re one storm event or one drought away from a disaster,” he told us on a recent trip to the field. That’s […]
