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Crop Insurance Protects YOUR StateJune 15, 2021 - 9:31 am
Crop Insurance Basics: Risk Mitigation and Risk ManagementJune 8, 2021 - 9:00 am
Crop Insurance 101April 29, 2021 - 9:04 am
Crop Insurance Basics: Moral HazardApril 15, 2021 - 9:22 am
USDA Chief Actuary Highlights Crop Insurance StrengthsApril 13, 2021 - 11:22 am
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Crop Insurance Basics: Incentives
/in Industry Insight, What's Cropping Up /by Laurie LangstraatWhen policymakers prioritize specific behaviors or actions, they usually turn to incentives to jumpstart the process. For example, the U.S. government has long promoted the benefits of homeownership to individual families and the economy as a whole. Hence, lawmakers introduced mortgage interest deductions on income tax filings to make homeownership more affordable and attractive. In […]
Crop Insurance Basics: Actual Production History
/in Industry Insight, What's Cropping Up /by Laurie LangstraatOne of crop insurance’s defining attributes is its self-correcting nature. That is, farmers who exhibit more risk pay more than those who exhibit less – much in the same way that car insurers reward safe drivers. This is done by collecting and analyzing a producer’s Actual Production History (APH), which takes into account a grower’s […]
Crop Insurance Basics: Available to All
/in Essential Strengths, Farmers, Industry Insight, What's Cropping Up /by Laurie LangstraatIn the everyday insurance world, coverage may sometimes be hard to come by. That can be true if you’ve had a disaster – such as a fire in your home – or live in an area at high risk for disaster. Car insurance coverage may be more expensive or even denied if you are a […]