{"id":14699,"date":"2023-10-19T09:00:29","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T14:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/?p=14699"},"modified":"2023-10-19T09:02:21","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T14:02:21","slug":"farmers-say-crop-insurance-is-a-need-not-a-want","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/farmers-say-crop-insurance-is-a-need-not-a-want\/","title":{"rendered":"Farmers Say Crop Insurance is a Need, Not a Want"},"content":{"rendered":"

Not too far from Capitol Hill in Onancock, Virginia, Lynn Gayle<\/a> farms soybeans, wheat, and corn. Lynn is acutely aware of the precarious nature of farming and the risk presented by Mother Nature<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re one storm event or one drought away from a disaster,\u201d he told us on a recent trip to the field.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why Lynn \u2013 and other farmers across the farmland that surrounds our nation\u2019s capital \u2013 rely on the safety net provided by crop insurance.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I talk to individuals in the non ag community, often I hear them refer negatively regarding crop insurance \u2026 but it ensures that American agriculture is stable and not subject to failure due to the perils that agriculture faces. I\u2019m also quick to point out that I have never, ever profited from crop insurance,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Up in Wicomico County, Maryland, Steve Hurley<\/a> farms corn, soybeans, wheat, grain, sorghum, and oats. He relies on crop insurance to not only protect his crops from natural events like drought, which impacted his farm during a big drought year in 2002, but also from damage caused by local wildlife.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe number one thing in this area would be wildlife damage, mainly deer,\u201d he explained. \u201cWe definitely need the crop insurance to help us out navigating through these problems with wildlife issues.\u201d<\/p>\n

Over in Laurel, Delaware, on a 600-acre farm, first-generation farmer Cory Atkins<\/a> farms vegetables and grain consisting of corn and soybeans using minimal-to-no-till and cover crop practices. He said one of the hardest parts of farming is \u201cthe extremes,\u201d like the severe rain he experienced earlier this year that destroyed half his lima bean crop.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want Congress to know that we have to have crop insurance,\u201d he said. \u201cWe got to have some way to mitigate that risk to help, you know, set a floor for farmers.\u201d<\/p>\n

As shown by these farmers, crop insurance is not a want but rather a need. Temple Rhodes<\/a>, a farmer in Centerville, Maryland, who grows corn, soybeans, and wheat, sums this up with the following statement: \u201cOne of the things that I would probably say to Congress is 99.9% of the farmers out here, we don\u2019t ever want to collect crop insurance.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Not too far from Capitol Hill in Onancock, Virginia, Lynn Gayle farms soybeans, wheat, and corn. 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