Resources

Here you will find industry publications, a Risk Management Checklist, campaign advertisements, and other useful resources for anyone interested in learning more about the program or the campaign.

Publications

• 2008 Year In Review (PDF 1.54 MB)
  
  
• Crop Insurance Journal TM Summer 2009
  
  
• Guide to Agricultural Risk Management 2009 (PDF 652 KB)
  
  
• 2009 Spanish Guide to Agricultural Risk Management (PDF 720 KB)
  
  
• Today Magazine, November 2009 (PDF 8.93 MB)
  
  
• Today Magazine, August 2009 (PDF 11.14 MB)
  
  
• Today Magazine, May 2009 (PDF 11.13 MB)
  
  
• Today Magazine, February 2009 (PDF 10.39 MB)
  
  
• Today Magazine, November 2008 (PDF 6.87 MB)
  
  
• Today Magazine, August 2008 (PDF 3.41 MB)
  
  
• 2008 Crop Insurance Guide (PDF 711 KB)
  
  

Subscribe to Crop Insurance Today online or by calling 800-951-6247.

Reports & Testimony

• NCIS Response to RMA's SRA "Myth vs. Fact" (PDF 86 KB)
  
  
• Response to the Risk Management Agency's Draft Standard Reinsurance Agreement Issued on December 4, 2009 – Submitted by National Crop Insurance Services, Inc., January 20, 2009 (PDF 2.54 MB)
  
  
• Federal Crop Insurance Program Profitability and Effectiveness Analysis — 2009 Update Grant Thornton LLP Prepared on behalf of National Crop Insurance Services, Inc. October 2, 2008 (PDF 108 KB)
  
  
• GAO Releases Long-Awaited Report on Crop Insurance, by Dave Ladd, Manager, Government Affairs, AgriBank, FCB (PDF 27 KB)
  
  
• Crop Insurance: A Standing Farm Price Disaster Program, by Dr. David Graves, Manager/Secretary, American Association of Crop Insurers
  
  
• Federal Crop Insurance Program Profitability and Effectiveness Analysis — 2008 Update Grant Thornton LLP Prepared on behalf of National Crop Insurance Services, Inc. November 6, 2008 (PDF 160 KB)
  
  
• Federal Crop Insurance Program Profitability and Effectiveness Analysis — 2007 Update Grant Thornton LLP Prepared on behalf of National Crop Insurance Services, Inc. October 4, 2007 (PDF 184 KB)
  
  
• Ron Brichler, Senior Vice President of Great American Insurance Company and President of Crop Insurance Division — Before the General Farm Commodities and Risk Management Subcommittee of the House Committee on Agriculture, Thursday, June 7, 2007 (PDF 52 KB)
  
  
• Testimony of Bert Little, Ph.D. Associate Vice President for Academic Research Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics Executive Director, Center for Agribusiness Excellence Tarleton State University, Texas A&M University System Before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management, Thursday, June 7, 2007 (PDF 30 KB)
  
  
• Statement by Eldon Gould, Administrator Risk Management Agency United States Department of Agriculture Before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, May 3, 2007 (PDF 32 KB)
  
  
• Testimony of Bob Parkerson President of the National Crop Insurance Services (NCIS) Before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management, May 1, 2007 (PDF 31 KB)
  
  

Print Advertisements & Web Banners

• 1988 drought, 2004 hurricane, 2009 peace of mind (PDF 233 KB)
  
  
• 1993 flood, 2002 drought, 2009 peace of mind (PDF 211 KB)
  
  
• 1993 flood, 2008 hail and roller coaster prices, 2009 peace of mind (PDF 220 KB)
  
  
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• Depending on Mother Nature is no picnic (PDF 339 KB)
  
  
• This is where high fashion meets high cotton (PDF 211 KB)
  
  
• This is where haute cuisine meets harvest time (PDF 171 KB)
  
  
• This is where mom's kitchen meets America's crops (PDF 275 KB)
  
  

Links

• The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Risk Management Agency (RMA) provides an overview of the crops that are covered and the various programs that are offered through the Federal crop insurance program. Detailed information can be obtained at: http://www.rma.usda.gov/policies
  
  
• National Crop Insurance Services (NCIS) is an international not-for-profit organization representing the interests of private crop insurance companies. NCIS member companies write Crop-Hail Insurance; Multiple Peril Crop Insurance (MPCI), the federally subsidized risk management program; and, privately developed crop insurance products. Though primarily designed for use by its member companies, the NCIS website is a valuable resource for those who want additional information about crop insurance. http://www.ag-risk.org