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Crop Insurance Protects Farmers from Sea to Shining SeaJune 30, 2022 - 9:00 am
A Safety Net for our Food Supply and the Farm EconomyJune 27, 2022 - 9:00 am
Crop Insurance Keeps Family Farms AliveJune 21, 2022 - 8:03 am
Heard from the Field: Michigan Farmers Share Insights with SenateMay 5, 2022 - 1:00 pm
Principles for an Effective Farm Safety NetApril 27, 2022 - 9:00 am
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When Mother Nature Gives You A Jolt, Crop Insurance is There
/in News Clips, Weather /by atayBy Quentin Bowen Sitting on a combine for 12 hours a day harvesting corn and soybeans gives a person a certain degree of clarity combined with long blocks of time to think and analyze. Looking at the corn I’m harvesting, I marvel at the fact that somehow, my family farm managed to dodge the many […]
Keeping Crop Insurance Strong
/in Essential Strengths /by Laurie LangstraatThe 2012 budget will likely include modifications and reductions to the farm safety net. Policy makers should consider 12 essential strengths that make crop insurance the corner stone of the farm safety net programs. In this on-going series, we’ll introduce one strength of crop insurance per month and explain how the sum of these strengths […]
Living on a Prayer
/in Farm Policy, News Clips /by Laurie LangstraatBy John Thamert Agriculture is collectively holding its breath as the “super committee” meets to determine where the $1.2 trillion worth of federal budget funds will be cut. Having already shouldered more than $12 billion in cuts for deficit reduction in the past several years, farmers and ranchers feel the pain that other sectors have […]