{"id":5955,"date":"2015-04-21T09:59:03","date_gmt":"2015-04-21T13:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ncis.staging.wpengine.com\/?p=5955"},"modified":"2015-04-21T09:59:03","modified_gmt":"2015-04-21T13:59:03","slug":"ncis-president-discusses-the-important-role-of-crop-insurance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/ncis-president-discusses-the-important-role-of-crop-insurance\/","title":{"rendered":"NCIS President Discusses the Important Role of Crop Insurance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NCIS President Tom Zacharias discussed the growing role of crop insurance as the primary risk management tool for farmers in a recent radio <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncis.staging.wpengine.com\/category\/headlines-and-media\/conversations\/#.VSKcTvmjNJy\">interview<\/a> with Courtnay Doyle of Dignity Farm Network in southwestern Minnesota.\u00a0 \u201cThe 2014 Farm Bill solidified crop insurance as the primary tool for farmers in dealing with production and price swings,\u201d said Zacharias.<\/p>\n<p>Zacharias noted that farmers purchase crop insurance to protect their crops from both volatile weather conditions and uncertain market conditions, which can fluctuate daily.\u00a0 \u201cIt gives farmers and lenders a peace of mind and ensures financial stability, which is important in the agricultural sector,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that multi-peril crop insurance protects farmers from a whole host of natural disasters, including hail, freeze, drought, disease and loss of revenue due to drops in prices.\u00a0 \u201cThere are roughly 128 crops covered by crop insurance,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Zacharias also pointed out that in order to enjoy the protection of crop insurance, farmers must first purchase policies.\u00a0 \u201cFarmers spend about $4 billion each year to purchase crop insurance.\u00a0 This means that they have significant skin in the game, and they assume a good deal of the risk as well,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He also pointed out that in addition to paying premiums, farmers have deductibles on these policies ranging from 15 to 35 percent.\u00a0 \u201cSo when a farmer receives an indemnity, it\u2019s after this deductible has been met and the premium has been paid,\u201d he said.<\/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>NCIS President Tom Zacharias discussed the growing role of crop insurance as the primary risk management tool for farmers in a recent radio interview with Courtnay Doyle of Dignity Farm [&hellip;]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":52,"featured_media":5984,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,1,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-farm-bill","category-news","category-whats-cropping-up"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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