HEADLINES & MEDIA
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A recent report prepared by Bruce Babcock and funded by the Environmental Working Group calls crop insurance “a bloated, taxpayer-funded income support program” and that farmers are profiting from the 2012 drought because of crop insurance. Is this true? Absolutely...
It is unfortunate that the Chicago Tribune would choose to criticize crop insurance, a new hybrid of private-public risk management that is saving taxpayers lots of money and shielding them from risk (“Farm Bill? Later. Political gridlock may save U.S....
The American Enterprise Institute (AEI) released a paper in September 2012 claiming potential costs of $20 billion per year for the Price Loss Coverage (PLC) and Supplemental Coverage Option (SCO) programs in the Congressional 2012 Farm Bill proposals. The release...
The following statement is in response to the August 10 USDA Crop Report. The statement should be attributed to Thomas P. Zacharias, president, National Crop Insurance Services. “As expected, the Agriculture Department lowered the corn and soybean production forecast in...
By Thomas P. Zacharias, President, National Crop Insurance Services The Environmental Working Group’s (EWG) most recent report entitled Plowed Under (August 6, 2012) deserves a few candid observations. By all outward appearances, the document appears to be a standalone “research...
(OVERLAND PARK, Kan.) — “The Environmental Working Group has an unprecedented track record of promoting and funding misleading and flawed analysis, as well as mischaracterizing data to generate news headlines. Its latest attack on farmers’ most important risk management tool...
