{"id":9536,"date":"2018-04-03T09:11:54","date_gmt":"2018-04-03T14:11:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/72.52.184.4\/~cropinsuranceina\/?p=9536"},"modified":"2018-04-03T09:11:54","modified_gmt":"2018-04-03T14:11:54","slug":"republicans-tout-crop-insurance-during-d-c-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/republicans-tout-crop-insurance-during-d-c-forum\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans Tout Crop Insurance During D.C. Forum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Before Congress\u2019 spring recess, several Republican members of the House Agriculture Committee participated in a Farm Bill discussion hosted by the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>And one thing became very clear during the conversation: Members are united in keeping crop insurance strong during the upcoming debate.<\/p>\n<p>This support is not surprising.\u00a0 Crop insurance is delivered by the private sector, which helps maximize efficiency, and farmers pay for protection so taxpayers aren\u2019t left holding the entire bag after disaster strikes.<\/p>\n<p>Today, it covers more than 130 different kinds of crops and protects a record 311 million acres of ranch and farmland \u2013 an area the size of California, Texas and New York combined.<\/p>\n<p>Forum participants said that efforts to weaken the crop insurance system, like using a means test to exclude some farms from protection, will only make crop insurance more expensive for remaining farmers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe backbone of the safety net is crop insurance. And it is a risk management tool. We don\u2019t, we should not, means-test risk management,\u201d said Committee Chairman Mike Conaway of Texas. \u201cDoing things to\u2026force premiums higher and higher make no sense whatsoever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Ted Yoho, a Committee member from Florida, agreed, noting that instead of weakening the system Congress should look to provide even more protection to more crops.<\/p>\n<p>Weakening crop insurance \u201cwould create more uncertainty, especially at a time when our farm income is at a 12-year low,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Missouri Rep. Vicky Hartzler echoed Yoho\u2019s support during the panel discussion and called preserving crop insurance her \u201cnumber one priority\u201d during the Farm Bill.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause it is a very, very important risk management tool for farms and it\u2019s also important for creditors,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Hartzler, who owns and operates a farm, explained to the audience that farming is capital intensive and that farmers must borrow money each year to plant \u2013 sums that can total more than most Americans borrow to buy a home.<\/p>\n<p>Insurance gives banks confidence to extend those loans, she said, because it helps farmers manage their business\u2019 unique risks and avoid bankruptcy after floods and droughts.<\/p>\n<p>Congressman Rodney Davis said keeping crop insurance is also about being fiscally responsible while providing some certainty for the Illinois farmers he represents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe old way we used to do things with disaster declarations, was not budgeted,\u201d he said, using the 2012 drought as an example of how the new system works.<\/p>\n<p>Damage predictions were close to $40 billion during that drought, he noted, but aid delivered to farmers was closer to $17 billion because of the public-private partnership and because farmers help fund the system by paying premiums and shouldering losses through deductibles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to have a crop insurance program,\u201d Davis concluded. \u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s saving money for American taxpayers.\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>Before Congress\u2019 spring recess, several Republican members of the House Agriculture Committee participated in a Farm Bill discussion hosted by the Washington Examiner. 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