{"id":6306,"date":"2015-09-29T09:59:53","date_gmt":"2015-09-29T13:59:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ncis.staging.wpengine.com\/?p=6306"},"modified":"2015-09-29T09:59:53","modified_gmt":"2015-09-29T13:59:53","slug":"usda-under-secretary-scuse-on-crop-insurance-i-wouldnt-dream-of-farming-without-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/usda-under-secretary-scuse-on-crop-insurance-i-wouldnt-dream-of-farming-without-it\/","title":{"rendered":"USDA Under Secretary Scuse on Crop Insurance:  \u201cI wouldn\u2019t dream of farming without it.\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/scusemichael.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/scusemichael.jpg\" alt=\"scusemichael\" \/><\/a>USDA\u2019s under secretary for Farm and Foreign Ag Services, Michael Scuse, openly admits he didn\u2019t always buy crop insurance on his Delaware farm back in the 1980s and 90s.\u00a0 \u00a0But today, he wouldn\u2019t consider farming without it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBack in the 1980s and 90s, you couldn\u2019t give me crop insurance. It didn\u2019t work on my farm,\u201d said Scuse during a recent meeting with participants of the Illinois Farm Bureau Marketers trip to Washington that appeared in <a href=\"http:\/\/farmweeknow.com\/story-risk-management-critical-farm-margins-tighten-5-130958\">Farm Week Now<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Scuse noted that \u201csince (USDA) changed the program and developed revenue (protection) products, I wouldn\u2019t dream of farming without it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Of course, in response to producer demands and the 2014 Farm Bill, new crop insurance products are being tested to come on the market nearly every year and USDA continues to refine crop insurance programs through the Risk Management Agency (RMA).\u00a0 \u201dWe continue to get requests to include more crops and to make it more user-friendly,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Given the increased volatility of the weather that we\u2019ve seen over the last decade, those new products will be critical for farmers and ranchers alike.\u00a0 With input costs rising, crop prices falling and the elimination of direct payments to farmers, crop insurance is by far the most important risk management tool in virtually any farmers\u2019 tool belt.<\/p>\n<p>RMA Associate Administrator Tim Gannon told the group that the crop insurance program has come under public scrutiny in recent years as the Federal government looks to control spending.\u00a0 That is why farmers need to defend the program and ensure that consumers and members of Congress understand why crop insurance is critical to the overall well being of America\u2019s rural sector. \u00a0\u201cYour ability to tell the story of what crop insurance represents will be critical,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Gannon pointed out that crop insurance saved many farmers after the drought of 2012. \u201cIt\u2019s not just a handout,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n<p>Illinois farmer Martin Andris explained in a 2012 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncis.staging.wpengine.com\/category\/real-stories\/page\/2\/\">interview<\/a> during the heart of the historic drought that in the past when drought stuck the area, he wasn\u2019t protected by crop insurance.\u00a0 \u201cThose recoveries were tough.\u00a0 When you struggle to have a crop in a given year, then you\u2019re taking two to three years to recover\u2026\u201d he said.\u00a0 \u201cMy goodness, it is so much easier to sleep at night when you have the protection of insurance,\u201d he added.<\/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>USDA\u2019s under secretary for Farm and Foreign Ag Services, Michael Scuse, openly admits he didn\u2019t always buy crop insurance on his Delaware farm back in the 1980s and 90s.\u00a0 \u00a0But [&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":6314,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,39,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-usda","category-whats-cropping-up"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>USDA Under Secretary Scuse on Crop Insurance: \u201cI wouldn\u2019t dream of farming without it.\u201d - Crop Insurance Keeps America Growing<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/usda-under-secretary-scuse-on-crop-insurance-i-wouldnt-dream-of-farming-without-it\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"USDA Under Secretary Scuse on Crop Insurance: \u201cI wouldn\u2019t dream of farming without it.\u201d - Crop Insurance Keeps America Growing\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"USDA\u2019s under secretary for Farm and Foreign Ag Services, Michael Scuse, openly admits he didn\u2019t always buy crop insurance on his Delaware farm back in the 1980s and 90s.\u00a0 \u00a0But [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/usda-under-secretary-scuse-on-crop-insurance-i-wouldnt-dream-of-farming-without-it\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Crop Insurance Keeps America Growing\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-09-29T13:59:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/NCIS_carousel_image_142.jpg.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1266\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"573\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"atay\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@UScropinsurance\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@UScropinsurance\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"atay\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/usda-under-secretary-scuse-on-crop-insurance-i-wouldnt-dream-of-farming-without-it\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/usda-under-secretary-scuse-on-crop-insurance-i-wouldnt-dream-of-farming-without-it\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"atay\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/#\/schema\/person\/a0934daf1393dd64d6cb92dc08f1e877\"},\"headline\":\"USDA Under Secretary Scuse on Crop Insurance: \u201cI wouldn\u2019t dream of farming without it.\u201d\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-09-29T13:59:53+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/usda-under-secretary-scuse-on-crop-insurance-i-wouldnt-dream-of-farming-without-it\/\"},\"wordCount\":411,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/usda-under-secretary-scuse-on-crop-insurance-i-wouldnt-dream-of-farming-without-it\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/NCIS_carousel_image_142.jpg.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News Clips\",\"USDA\",\"What's Cropping Up\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/usda-under-secretary-scuse-on-crop-insurance-i-wouldnt-dream-of-farming-without-it\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/usda-under-secretary-scuse-on-crop-insurance-i-wouldnt-dream-of-farming-without-it\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/usda-under-secretary-scuse-on-crop-insurance-i-wouldnt-dream-of-farming-without-it\/\",\"name\":\"USDA Under Secretary Scuse on Crop Insurance: \u201cI wouldn\u2019t dream of farming without it.\u201d - Crop Insurance Keeps America Growing\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/usda-under-secretary-scuse-on-crop-insurance-i-wouldnt-dream-of-farming-without-it\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/usda-under-secretary-scuse-on-crop-insurance-i-wouldnt-dream-of-farming-without-it\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/NCIS_carousel_image_142.jpg.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-09-29T13:59:53+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/#\/schema\/person\/a0934daf1393dd64d6cb92dc08f1e877\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/usda-under-secretary-scuse-on-crop-insurance-i-wouldnt-dream-of-farming-without-it\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/usda-under-secretary-scuse-on-crop-insurance-i-wouldnt-dream-of-farming-without-it\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/usda-under-secretary-scuse-on-crop-insurance-i-wouldnt-dream-of-farming-without-it\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/NCIS_carousel_image_142.jpg.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/NCIS_carousel_image_142.jpg.jpg\",\"width\":1266,\"height\":573},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/usda-under-secretary-scuse-on-crop-insurance-i-wouldnt-dream-of-farming-without-it\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/homepage\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"USDA Under Secretary Scuse on Crop Insurance: \u201cI wouldn\u2019t dream of farming without it.\u201d\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/\",\"name\":\"Crop Insurance Keeps America Growing\",\"description\":\"National Crop Insurance Services\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/#\/schema\/person\/a0934daf1393dd64d6cb92dc08f1e877\",\"name\":\"atay\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"USDA Under Secretary Scuse on Crop Insurance: \u201cI wouldn\u2019t dream of farming without it.\u201d - Crop Insurance Keeps America Growing","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/usda-under-secretary-scuse-on-crop-insurance-i-wouldnt-dream-of-farming-without-it\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"USDA Under Secretary Scuse on Crop Insurance: \u201cI wouldn\u2019t dream of farming without it.\u201d - Crop Insurance Keeps America Growing","og_description":"USDA\u2019s under secretary for Farm and Foreign Ag Services, Michael Scuse, openly admits he didn\u2019t always buy crop insurance on his Delaware farm back in the 1980s and 90s.\u00a0 \u00a0But [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/usda-under-secretary-scuse-on-crop-insurance-i-wouldnt-dream-of-farming-without-it\/","og_site_name":"Crop Insurance Keeps America Growing","article_publisher":"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica","article_published_time":"2015-09-29T13:59:53+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1266,"height":573,"url":"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/NCIS_carousel_image_142.jpg.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"atay","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@UScropinsurance","twitter_site":"@UScropinsurance","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"atay","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/usda-under-secretary-scuse-on-crop-insurance-i-wouldnt-dream-of-farming-without-it\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/usda-under-secretary-scuse-on-crop-insurance-i-wouldnt-dream-of-farming-without-it\/"},"author":{"name":"atay","@id":"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/#\/schema\/person\/a0934daf1393dd64d6cb92dc08f1e877"},"headline":"USDA Under Secretary Scuse on Crop Insurance: \u201cI wouldn\u2019t dream of farming without it.\u201d","datePublished":"2015-09-29T13:59:53+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/usda-under-secretary-scuse-on-crop-insurance-i-wouldnt-dream-of-farming-without-it\/"},"wordCount":411,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/usda-under-secretary-scuse-on-crop-insurance-i-wouldnt-dream-of-farming-without-it\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/NCIS_carousel_image_142.jpg.jpg","articleSection":["News Clips","USDA","What's Cropping Up"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/usda-under-secretary-scuse-on-crop-insurance-i-wouldnt-dream-of-farming-without-it\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/usda-under-secretary-scuse-on-crop-insurance-i-wouldnt-dream-of-farming-without-it\/","url":"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/usda-under-secretary-scuse-on-crop-insurance-i-wouldnt-dream-of-farming-without-it\/","name":"USDA Under Secretary Scuse on Crop Insurance: \u201cI wouldn\u2019t dream of farming without it.\u201d - Crop Insurance Keeps America Growing","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/usda-under-secretary-scuse-on-crop-insurance-i-wouldnt-dream-of-farming-without-it\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/usda-under-secretary-scuse-on-crop-insurance-i-wouldnt-dream-of-farming-without-it\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/NCIS_carousel_image_142.jpg.jpg","datePublished":"2015-09-29T13:59:53+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/#\/schema\/person\/a0934daf1393dd64d6cb92dc08f1e877"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/usda-under-secretary-scuse-on-crop-insurance-i-wouldnt-dream-of-farming-without-it\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/usda-under-secretary-scuse-on-crop-insurance-i-wouldnt-dream-of-farming-without-it\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/usda-under-secretary-scuse-on-crop-insurance-i-wouldnt-dream-of-farming-without-it\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/NCIS_carousel_image_142.jpg.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/NCIS_carousel_image_142.jpg.jpg","width":1266,"height":573},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/usda-under-secretary-scuse-on-crop-insurance-i-wouldnt-dream-of-farming-without-it\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/homepage\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"USDA Under Secretary Scuse on Crop Insurance: \u201cI wouldn\u2019t dream of farming without it.\u201d"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/#website","url":"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/","name":"Crop Insurance Keeps America Growing","description":"National Crop Insurance Services","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/#\/schema\/person\/a0934daf1393dd64d6cb92dc08f1e877","name":"atay"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/52"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6306\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}