{"id":7411,"date":"2016-09-01T11:00:23","date_gmt":"2016-09-01T15:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ncis.staging.wpengine.com\/?p=6950"},"modified":"2016-09-01T11:00:23","modified_gmt":"2016-09-01T15:00:23","slug":"what-they-are-saying-about-crop-insurance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/what-they-are-saying-about-crop-insurance\/","title":{"rendered":"What They are Saying About Crop Insurance"},"content":{"rendered":"

With 297 million acres of farmland covered by crop insurance, this risk management tool has become an integral part of the farm safety net for American producers. Policies are available for more than 120 crops for farmers of all operation sizes in all states. This is a fact that farmers, policymakers, lenders, and other agricultural leaders all recognize and appreciate. Below is a look at what people are saying about crop insurance and its importance in maintaining strong agricultural production in this country.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the least understood points about crop insurance is that it\u2019s not just for farmers. That\u2019s how we as farmers talk about it, that it\u2019s a way to keep us in business when we suffer a catastrophic loss. That it\u2019s a way to protect our yearly investment when things go wrong. That is all true, of course, but we don\u2019t explain that it is also insurance for every consumer.\u201d\u00a0– Zach Hunnicutt, Nebraska farmer<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThe important message we can talk about is, keep crop insurance whole. It is worth the investment of the federal government in helping farmers manage the risk.\u201d\u00a0– Todd Van Hoose, CEO & President, Farm Credit Council<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThe truth is that crop insurance is a highly successful public-private partnership between the federal government and private insurance companies. It functions as a risk management tool for farmers to mitigate the numerous risks \u2013 financial, meteorological or the like \u2013 that they take to produce the finest food and fiber in the world.\u201d\u00a0– Rep. Jim Costa (CA-16)<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThe program keeps family farms in the family, even after a bad year, and provides a safety net that allows beginning farmers to pursue their dream of farming\u2026. Federal crop insurance has become an essential part of the farm safety net due to its ability to provide dependable protection and grow with the needs of farmers and ranchers.\u201d\u00a0– Brandon Willis, Risk Management Agency Administrator<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cCrop insurance and farm policy enables everyone \u2013 from the farmer to the banker to the taxpayer \u2013 to plan for those disasters and overcome them when they happen. If lawmakers continue to try and chip away at this safety net, farmers will not have the ability to survive. This is especially true for young, beginning farmers that have less access to credit and capital.\u201d\u00a0– Larry Kummer, Indiana farmer<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cAs farmers, we have no control over weather. We have no control over markets. We have no control over our foreign competitors. We cannot just turn our operations on or off. We have to take care of the land 365 days a year. We need a safety net when commodity prices fall. We need affordable and reliable crop insurance to protect our yearly investments.\u201d\u00a0– Jeremy Brown, Texas farmer<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWe still have land and equipment payments to make regardless of whether we have a good or bad growing season, or whether a natural disaster wipes out our crops altogether. Crop insurance is something we purchase each year to manage this risk and we only receive an indemnity when we suffer a verifiable loss. Even then, it doesn\u2019t make us whole, but it does soften the blow from a bad year.\u201d\u00a0– Lorraine Greco, California farmer<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThis is why having a sufficient farm safety net \u2014 with crop insurance as the cornerstone \u2014 is more critical than ever. Crop insurance provides protection against the one thing that even the most resilient farmer cannot defeat \u2014 the wrath of Mother Nature.\u201d\u00a0– Scott VanderWal, Vice President of the American Farm Bureau Federation<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With 297 million acres of farmland covered by crop insurance, this risk management tool has become an integral part of the farm safety net for American producers. 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