{"id":6458,"date":"2016-01-12T09:25:23","date_gmt":"2016-01-12T14:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ncis.staging.wpengine.com\/?p=6458"},"modified":"2021-03-13T10:34:27","modified_gmt":"2021-03-13T16:34:27","slug":"crop-insurance-in-action-kenneth-kirschenmann-shafter-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/crop-insurance-in-action-kenneth-kirschenmann-shafter-california\/","title":{"rendered":"Crop Insurance in Action: Kenneth Kirschenmann, Shafter, California"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/October-Second-Story-Grapes-IMG_0625-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/October-Second-Story-Grapes-IMG_0625-1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Grapes\" \/><\/a>Shafter, California is home to 17,197 people and Shafter native, Kenneth Kirschenmann, said that farming is what keeps his community economically sound. Listing just a few ways farming helps his community, Kirschenmann said, \u201cWe affect chemical companies that employ a lot of people. We affect the railroad who hauls our products to the East Coast (and the) trucking companies that handle our grapes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Originally established in 1919 by his grandfather, Kenneth\u2019s family farm has since grown into what is now known as the Kirschenmann Brothers Farming Company. He said the company has expanded to cover almost 1,000 acres and now produces table grapes, potatoes, cotton, almonds and alfalfa. As Kirschenmann gave National Crop Insurance Services (NCIS) a tour of his grape vineyard, he reflected on the importance of Mother Nature, as well as crop insurance to keep his harvests growing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a Mother Nature crop,\u201d Kirschenmann stated. \u201cThe good Lord gives us everything we\u2019ve got to do to make the grapes. But we also have some untimely storms, rains, freezes and frost that can destroy these crops. Crop insurance gives us a little safety net. It doesn\u2019t solve all the problems if we had a 100 percent wipeout, but it does keep us in business.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kirschenmann\u2019s company employs over 250 individuals throughout the year. All of which take pride in providing consumers with a quality product at the prices they can afford.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe take endless amounts of joy in our work and day-to-day things to give consumers that table grape, or that cotton plant, or that potato, or that almond,\u201d Kirschenmann said. \u201cAll the right things that it takes to get to the consumers\u2019 shelves, wherever the end product is; and the least expensive for them also.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Ken-Kirschenmann-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Ken-Kirschenmann-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Ken Kirschenmann\" \/><\/a>While Kirschenmann enjoys providing consumers with the food and materials he produces, he said that his farming operation, like other farms all over the country, has experienced some untimely weather events.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur input costs are high because of the drought in California,\u201d Kirschenmann said. \u201cLabor is getting to be an issue we are dealing with. So we\u2019re trying to fight all the costs and crop insurance is a very economical thing that we look at on a monthly or yearly basis when we do our crop plans and our financial plans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Whether the community is experiencing a drought or a frost, crop insurance helps keep the Kirschenmann Brothers Farming Company and other farming operations in the community up and running. Kirschenmann restated that in the end, in order to keep Shafter farming, crop insurance is a must.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve got to keep a good, strong crop insurance program going,\u201d Kirschenmann concluded. \u201cWe need it. We have a great relationship with our crop insurance people. We\u2019ve been through some disasters and the system has worked. I know insurance can\u2019t handle every issue and I\u2019m not asking it to. 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