{"id":2846,"date":"2012-06-19T14:06:07","date_gmt":"2012-06-19T14:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ncis.staging.wpengine.com\/?p=2846"},"modified":"2012-06-19T14:06:07","modified_gmt":"2012-06-19T14:06:07","slug":"gutting-of-crop-insurance-in-farm-bill-threatens-farmers-survival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/gutting-of-crop-insurance-in-farm-bill-threatens-farmers-survival\/","title":{"rendered":"Gutting of crop insurance in farm bill threatens farmers&#8217; survival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Quentin Bowen\u00a0of Humboldt, Neb., is a farmer who raises corn and soybeans.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>As I spend these hot summer days tending to my drought-stressed and dying corn and soybean crops, I am glad I purchased crop insurance.<\/p>\n<p>Whether it&#8217;s a flood instantly washing your livelihood down a newly formed river channel, or the blistering sun overcooking your hopes one day at a time, there&#8217;s nothing worse than losing a crop and a whole year&#8217;s work.<\/p>\n<p>Then again, there&#8217;s nothing better than rejoicing in a bountiful harvest, which wouldn&#8217;t even have been an option for most growers had crop insurance not helped them pick up the pieces following a disastrous 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Future bumper crops may not be an option for many if some senators are successful in gutting the pending farm bill. That&#8217;s because more than a dozen farm bill amendments have been introduced to render private-sector-run crop insurance \u2014 our most effective risk management tool \u2014 ineffective.<\/p>\n<p>Some amendments would take more money from a program that has already seen $12 billion in funding reductions since 2008, leaving it stressed to a breaking point. 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