{"id":5389,"date":"2014-03-27T14:51:11","date_gmt":"2014-03-27T18:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ncis.staging.wpengine.com\/?p=5389"},"modified":"2014-03-27T14:51:11","modified_gmt":"2014-03-27T18:51:11","slug":"crop-insurance-in-action-andrew-bowman-oneida-illinois","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/crop-insurance-in-action-andrew-bowman-oneida-illinois\/","title":{"rendered":"CROP INSURANCE IN ACTION:  Andrew Bowman, Oneida, Illinois"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Andrew-Bowman.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" alt=\"Andrew Bowman\" src=\"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Andrew-Bowman-201x300.jpg\" \/><\/a>Andrew Bowman is a fifth-generation farmer from Oneida, Illinois, in the western part of the state. Bowman, who is in the family business with his father, farms 1,100 acres of corn and soybeans, although they are also looking into new crops. \u201cBut corn and soybeans are definitely our bread and butter,\u201d says Bowman.<\/p>\n<p>The drought of 2012 was especially hard on the state of Illinois, with farmers there seeing some of the highest losses in the country. But there were a few counties in the western part of the state that escaped the worst of it. \u201cIn 2012, when everyone in Illinois was suffering under an incredible drought, we were in a garden spot,\u201d said Bowman, who noted that while their yields were slightly down, the high commodity prices made up for it.<\/p>\n<p>Bowman says that the worst year his farm has experienced in recent history was in 2005, which saw a very regionalized, yet extreme drought in western Illinois, with the rest of the Corn Belt being relatively unaffected. It was the first year since the drought of 1988 when farmers saw Spider Mites in their soybeans. Bowman notes that the low yields combined with the low prices that year was a double whammy for farmers in the drought area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlthough farmers are optimists, I have to say that you couldn\u2019t help but feel a little hopeless that year, because outside of this 10-county area, we knew that everyone else was doing quite well,\u201d he said. \u201cSo we were not only facing low yields but low prices as well,\u201d he said, adding, \u201cI found myself looking to next year and praying for a better season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And that is just one of the reasons why Bowman is not only a farmer who purchases crop insurance every year, but one who sells it as well.<\/p>\n<p>Bowman said that for him, crop insurance is peace of mind that yields rewards on a number of fronts. \u201cCrop insurance is a marketing tool, a risk management tool, and working capital insurance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bowman explained that crop insurance\u2019s role as \u201cworking capital insurance\u201d is one of the most critical, yet overlooked aspects of the policy. He said that in good years, farmers in other countries must bank much of their profits so they have reserves for the inevitable bad year, or years. \u201cThat money, sitting in the banks for years, does very little to increase the productive output of a farm, let alone generate jobs or wealth in the surrounding community,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>By contrast, since U.S. farmers can purchase crop insurance to ensure that they have a backstop when disaster hits, they are able to reinvest their profits in their farms, in the community and in the rural economy. \u201cCrop insurance allows me to wisely invest in my future, as well as the future of my community and local economy,\u201d he said, noting that one in four jobs in Illinois are linked to agriculture<\/p>\n<p>Bowman says that as a crop insurance agent, it\u2019s relatively easy to sell a product that he personally believes in. \u201cMy dad has been an agent for quite some time,\u201d he said. \u201cI sell crop insurance because I believe in it, it\u2019s a good risk management tool and it\u2019s a wonderful example of a public private partnership,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Bowman noted that what Americans need to understand about supporting the farm sector is that farmers not only provide food security, but national security as well. \u201cSupporting the ag sector not only supports the greater economy, but it has national security interests as well, in addition to helping promote a positive trade balance,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd let\u2019s not forget that we also need to help feed the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andrew Bowman is a fifth-generation farmer from Oneida, Illinois, in the western part of the state. 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