Michigan Crop Insurance Adjusters, Agents Play Key Role in Food Supply
Larry Westerhoven knows apples. As a crop insurance adjuster in Michigan, it’s his job to say what a crop is worth after hail or frost. “If a guy has problems with his crop, I go out and appraise it,” he said. “I put a value on that crop. Most of these guys around here raise […]
Celebrating America’s Farmers & the Policies that Protect Them
Brett Anderson walked the rows on his Michigan farm and inspected a strong crop of apples. He grabbed one and looked closer at a small indentation with an eye informed by 100 years of family experience. The little indentation probably won’t mean much by harvest. Brett has seen hailstorms that beat and bruised his apples […]
Farmers Praise Crop Insurance at Field Hearings
The House Agriculture Committee recently handed farmers in Minnesota and Ohio the microphone to ask them what rural America would like to see in the next Farm Bill. A common refrain? Protect crop insurance. We’ve compiled several highlights from these field hearings – check them out below. Growers in both states stated that a strong […]
Crop Insurance Keeps Farmers Fighting
Weather is one of a farmers’ top concerns. Just enough sun and rain will power a plant, resulting in a good yield. But too much sun and not enough rain, or too much rain and not enough sun, and a farmer might soon be counting his losses. The challenges presented by weather volatility was something […]
American Farmers Feed the World
“If you really want to get in the weeds or, in a lot of cases, in the dirt with crop insurance, you need to go out to the field.” National Crop Insurance Services recently did just that, traveling to North Carolina to capture the real stories of both the farmers who rely on crop insurance […]
A Farm Disaster – Now What?
The unthinkable has happened and torrential rain has prevented a farmer from planting, or an unexpected hailstorm has destroyed a growing crop. Now what? Unlike other farm aid programs, crop insurance provides assistance as determined by an individual farmer’s actual loss, not by the severity of the overall disaster event. So, following a disaster, private-sector […]
For America’s Farmers, Crop Insurance is First Line of Defense Against Climate Change
As farmers face increasing challenges due to climate change, the safety net provided by crop insurance is their first line of defense. This was one of the messages delivered last week at a panel discussion on mitigating the risks of climate change during the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) 2022 Agricultural Outlook Forum. National Crop […]
Crop Insurance Basics: Historic Drought Loss
It has been an exceptionally difficult crop year for many of America’s farmers and ranchers as drought conditions in the West and northern Plains have distressed crops and grazing lands. Approximately 210 million acres of crops are experiencing some level of drought conditions. Millions of farmers trust crop insurance to help manage their risks, including […]
Responding to Drought: Crop Insurance’s Proven Track Record
As America’s farmers and ranchers face severe drought conditions, we’ve been reflecting on the historic drought that swept across American farmland in 2012. That disaster showed just how efficiently the Federal crop insurance program can deliver aid when everything is on the line for America’s farmers. Former USDA Under Secretary Michael Scuse commended the crop insurance […]
Through Tough Years and Unexpected Hardships, Crop Insurance Helps Farmers Stay in Business
Just along the Texas-New Mexico border lies the small town of Texline. This west Texas community is where Valerie and Michael Diller raised their family while growing corn, wheat, hay and caring for sheep. Farming isn’t easy, and the Diller family has experienced their fair share of heartbreak. They credit crop insurance with helping their […]
