{"id":353,"date":"2012-02-14T15:25:40","date_gmt":"2012-02-14T15:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ncis.staging.wpengine.com\/?p=353"},"modified":"2012-02-14T15:25:40","modified_gmt":"2012-02-14T15:25:40","slug":"miss-america-2011-brings-national-focus-to-crop-insurance-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/miss-america-2011-brings-national-focus-to-crop-insurance-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"Miss America 2011 Brings National Focus to Crop Insurance Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/strong><br \/>\nFebruary 14, 2012<\/p>\n<p>(SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.) \u2014 Commenting that while her reign as Miss America has ended, her passion for agriculture continues on, Miss America 2011, Teresa Scanlan, addressed the annual meeting of the crop insurance industry today and assured attendees that her heart still remains in rural America.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is one of my first appearances \u2018post-crown,\u2019 and I have to say, it\u2019s so nice to feel like I\u2019m still a part of the farming community,\u201d Scanlan told the group. \u201cAgriculture really has been one of my favorite groups to work with&#8230; I mean, why else would I agree to spend Valentine\u2019s Day with you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Scanlan became a favorite daughter of rural America when she made defense of modern- day agriculture one of her public platforms. Raised in Gering, Neb., Scanlan told the group she knows how important agriculture is to this country\u2019s economy and security, and how devastating natural disasters can be to farming communities.<\/p>\n<p>Scanlan, who did not grow up on a farm, said she learned a lot amount about crop insurance this past year while traveling the country, meeting with farmers and lawmakers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fact that growers will be able to plant again this year after the record floods, droughts and freezes of last year shouldn\u2019t be taken for granted,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>As for the ongoing Farm Bill discussions, she gave some perspective about where she thinks agriculture and crop insurance should fit into tight federal budgets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI may not know much about the federal budget, but I do know that in my family, food is the first priority, and the last thing that would ever be cut from our budget,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd if American families think that way, shouldn\u2019t the American government take that into consideration?\u201d NCIS is a not-for-profit trade association whose members include every crop insurance company that participates in the Federal crop insurance program. NCIS and its predecessor organizations have provided members support in their crop insurance businesses since 1915. 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