{"id":10913,"date":"2019-07-03T09:51:49","date_gmt":"2019-07-03T14:51:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/72.52.184.4\/~cropinsuranceina\/?p=10913"},"modified":"2019-07-03T09:51:49","modified_gmt":"2019-07-03T14:51:49","slug":"pennsylvania-farmers-consider-crop-insurance-a-must-have-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/pennsylvania-farmers-consider-crop-insurance-a-must-have-tool\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania Farmers Consider Crop Insurance a Must-Have Tool"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brian Campbell always knew he wanted to be a farmer. He started a produce stand when he was just 14 years old. Now, his Pennsylvania farm produces mostly vegetables, including broccoli, sweet corn, lettuce and pumpkins.<\/span><\/p>\n

But weather can be unpredictable in the Northeast, and his farm has seen challenges. In 2011, a severe flood wiped out approximately 50 percent of his expected revenue for that year. Banks no longer wanted to do business with him and he had to dig deep to recover.<\/span><\/p>\n

Thankfully, the introduction of the Whole Farm Revenue Protection program with the passage of the 2014 Farm Bill allowed Campbell to adequately insure his diverse crops against risk.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

National Crop Insurance Services visited Brian Campbell Farms as part of our mission to tell the first-hand stories of the farmers and ranchers who rely on the safety net provided by the federal crop insurance program.<\/span><\/p>\n

Campbell credits crop insurance for his growing success, saying, \u201cIf it wasn\u2019t for whole farm revenue protection today, you know, I may not be at the size that I am.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

And he\u2019s always looking forward to the next year<\/span>, \u201cI love what I do. It\u2019s a passion. I really enjoy it.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

For family farmer Dave Clark, farming is also a passion that he just couldn\u2019t shake. He briefly tried working off the farm but returned to his roots in 2001 when he and his wife purchased the family farm in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI always say it\u2019s in your blood. I love farming,\u201d Clark says.<\/span><\/p>\n

Clark considers crop insurance a must-have business tool. He relies on crop insurance to help protect his farm against the inherent risks that come with putting your faith in weather to grow your crops and a favorable market in which to sell them.<\/span><\/p>\n

As John Ligo says, \u201cRisk in farming is part of the landscape. The risks that we face, some are controllable, and some are not.\u201d But he emphasizes that one way to help mitigate these risks is to purchase crop insurance.<\/span><\/p>\n

His farm in Grove City, Pennsylvania is home to approximately 600 head of cattle and he grows about 400 acres of corn alongside 600 acres of grass and rangeland.<\/span><\/p>\n

Last year, Ligo\u2019s farm saw 40 inches of rain and by early June he was short 100 acres of what he intended to plant. Crop insurance helped his farm survive. During those years when drought hindered grass production, crop insurance helped him then, too.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt does change the way I farm, knowing that my risks are at least covered to a certain extent,\u201d Ligo says.<\/span><\/p>\n

Third-generation dairy farmer Billy Smith feels deeply connected to his family legacy of farming.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI feel that it\u2019s our God-given right here to take care of this land,\u201d he says. \u201cI feel that we\u2019ve been blessed in many ways. You know, it\u2019s our livelihood.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

He\u2019s had to file a couple of crop insurance claims. But knowing that this valuable federal program exists helps ease the worries that come with farming. By reducing some of the risks that can arise on his farm, crop insurance allows him to better plan for the future.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s always there to back us up whenever we need it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

View more stories from across the country at cropinsuranceinmystate.org<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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