Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, joined Sens. John Hoeven (R-N.D.) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) in introducing legislation to strengthen crop insurance and make higher levels of coverage more affordable for producers.
“A strong crop insurance program is integral to the success of America’s farming operations. Yet, when disaster strikes, many farmers find themselves without adequate coverage,” Grassley said. “Our bill will allow existing farm safety nets to function as intended, ensuring farmers have access to the coverage they need, while alleviating the need for costly, future ad-hoc assistance.”
“Crop insurance is an essential piece of the farm safety net, providing farmers with their most important risk management tool as they work to continue providing Americans with the highest quality, lowest cost food supply in the world. I have heard from producers across North Dakota about the need to make this important program more affordable. As such, we’re working to not only defend crop insurance, but improve it. That’s how we’re going to keep the farm in the farm bill,” Hoeven said.
“Time and time again, it’s become painfully obvious that our farmers need improved access to high coverage crop insurance plans that adequately cover all the challenges in a growing season,” Ernst said. “To protect our ag community, I’m fighting to improve federal crop insurance and ensure that dollars in the Farm Bill actually go towards safeguarding our food and fields, not pie-in-the-sky climate change policies.”
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