{"id":11481,"date":"2020-08-20T14:51:17","date_gmt":"2020-08-20T19:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/72.52.184.4\/~cropinsuranceina\/?p=11481"},"modified":"2020-08-20T14:51:17","modified_gmt":"2020-08-20T19:51:17","slug":"texas-farmer-hopes-for-rain-counts-on-crop-insurance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/texas-farmer-hopes-for-rain-counts-on-crop-insurance\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Farmer Hopes for Rain, Counts on Crop Insurance"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rain in West Texas can be scarce. So scarce, in fact, that farmer Brett Schniers wrote in a recent op-ed for the San Angelo Standard-Times<\/a> that \u201cwhen you lay down at night, you pray for rain because you don\u2019t know when you\u2019ll see it again.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite the incredible promise of 2020, it has been a tough year for farming and ranching families across the country.<\/p>\n

The Schniers family has already faced blistering drought, softball-sized hail that leveled their corn crop and plummeting prices due to the COVID-19 crisis.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis year, we\u2019ve needed all the help we can get,\u201d Schniers wrote. \u201cThat\u2019s why I\u2019m grateful Congress, through the Farm Bill, helps make crop insurance affordable and widely available.\u201d<\/p>\n

Farmers and ranchers are resilient. Even in years like 2020, where it seems yet another disaster is always just around the corner. But while he hopes for rain, Schniers knows he can count on crop insurance:<\/p>\n

We prepared at the start of the pandemic because we knew, as farmers, we couldn\u2019t stop working. We had to be ready to produce as much food and fiber as we could, even with Mother Nature\u2019s threats and an uncertain market looming.<\/em><\/p>\n

I\u2019m proud of the work American farmers do every day to make sure our nation is not reliant on imported commodities.<\/em><\/p>\n

I\u2019m also proud that our leaders in Washington are backing a strong farm safety net with tools like crop insurance.<\/em><\/p>\n

Crop insurance is a big part of the reason farmers are able to go to work every season despite storms and droughts and faltering commodity markets.<\/em><\/p>\n

We are proud to provide a critical risk management tool. Crop insurance helps America\u2019s farmers and ranchers produce the affordable and reliable food, fuel and fiber necessary to keep our nation moving forward.<\/p>\n

Congress continues to support crop insurance as a cornerstone of the farm safety net and farmers invest their own money in crop insurance to protect more than 90 percent of insurable farmland.<\/p>\n

Schniers credits crop insurance with keeping him in business this year, writing, \u201cThe American farmer is the backbone of this country. And crop insurance is the backbone of the American farmer. It\u2019s what we stand on.\u201d<\/p>\n

We could not agree more. We\u2019re proud to stand side-by-side with America\u2019s farmers and ranchers.<\/p>\n

Read Schniers\u2019 full op-ed on the importance of crop insurance at the San Angelo Standard-Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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