Why Hasn't Crop Insurance Eliminated Disaster Assistance?

Amber Waves;  June 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......and only about 8 percent of livestock farms purchased crop insurance. (The Federal crop...peas purchased crop insurance. Nearly 72 percent of cotton farms...that purchases crop insurance increases. About 30 percent of intermediate...

Crop Insurance Staves Off Red Ink for Farmers in Iowa, Nebraska.

Omaha World-Herald (Omaha, Nebraska) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  August 20, 2002 ;     700+ words ......payoff for improved crop insurance subsidies that...could guarantee 85 percent of their average...want up to 85 percent coverage. But...prices. Traditional crop insurance covered only losses...jumped from 2.2 percent to 7.4 percent. In 2001, crop insurance ...

Politics in perspective: risk management made simple.(crop...

Implement & Tractor;  March 1, 2003 ;     531 words ...I got involved in crop insurance in the 1980s. It was one...that growers participate in crop insurance, then two years later they...Conference that close to 80 percent of eligible crop acres were...cropland had any kind of crop insurance worth anything? Barry Barnett...

SIGNUPS FOR CROP INSURANCE ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE

Post-Tribune (IN);  September 5, 1988 ;     700+ words ......farmers, just 14 percent signed up. During...get their way, crop insurance, not disaster...percent to 17 percent. In the early...bring the Federal Crop Insurance program to Lake...Dakota, at 80 percent, lead crop insurance signups, Ohio...bottom. At 4.1 ...

More Pennsylvania Farmers Buy Crop Insurance.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  March 31, 2004 ;     552 words ......several of his crop insurance customers this...coverage from 80 percent of their yields...a maximum of 15 percent. Shoemaker said...crops. The sale of crop insurance depends on the...400 to insure 75 percent of his yield on...Pennsylvania farmers with crop ...

Disparity Illustrates a Policy Problem for Crop Insurance, Federal Aid.

Omaha World-Herald (Omaha, Nebraska) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  October 16, 2002 ;     700+ words ......deductible portion of crop insurance, usually the first 25 percent to 35 percent...farmers bought crop insurance of at least 65 percent of normal yields...percent to 80 percent crop losses. We don't want crop insurance participants penalized...

Congress looks for money for permanent crop insurance program

AP Online;  March 11, 1998 ;     492 words ......annual fights over crop insurance money, key members...to legislate on crop insurance every year.'' There...about 1.3 million crop insurance policies covering...Department. About 63 percent of eligible acres...companies that write crop insurance. Among the ...

FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE:JOE BODDIFORD

Congressional Testimony;  March 10, 1999 ;     700+ words ......today. The current crop insurance system does not adequately...goal of a viable crop insurance program should be...assistance. Purchase of crop insurance should not be required...farm programs, and crop insurance benefits should not...Base the minimum crop ...

CROP INSURANCE FUND LOST $1 BILLION THROUGH '86

Post-Tribune (IN);  July 18, 1988 ;     529 words ......said 127, or 95 percent, were adjusted...said. Federal crop insurance officials say...Congress for crop insurance in 1989, an...includes a 25 percent subsidy of premiums...have federal crop insurance, according to the crop insurance corporation...severely ...

Crop Insurance Reforms Debated

AP Online;  March 20, 1999 ;     676 words ......questioned whether crop insurance is the right way...issue last week. Crop insurance became even more...farmers do not have crop insurance, saying it is too...dollars cover 60 percent of the cost while...government help, crop insurance remains costly for...17,000 ...

Agent opportunities cited in restructured crop cover. (federal crop...

National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management;  February 6, 1995 ;     576 words ......coverage marketed by crop insurance agents--and makes...year from the 40 percent of eligible farmland...provides a 50 percent yield guarantee...payments totaling 60 percent of the expected...The multi-peril crop insurance sold by the private...guarantee of up to 75 ...

Big Profits From Crop Insurance Criticized; Lawmakers Urge Major Changes...

The Washington Post;  May 4, 2007 ;     576 words ......D-Calif.) said the crop insurance system is "a textbook...established federal crop insurance during the Depression...Congress expanded crop insurance subsidies in 2000...investigators found that crop insurance companies had rates of return averaging 30 percent in ...

Fall Crop Insurance Required for Disaster Eligibility in 2009

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  August 11, 2008 ;     582 words ......be based on 65 percent coverage regardless of their crop insurance coverage, including...aid based on 75 percent coverage at 100 percent of the price election...Barnaby said. If no crop insurance is available for...cannot exceed 90 percent times planted...yield (used to ...

Farmers play Uncle Sam for Uncle Sap. (federal crop-insurance plan)

U.S. News & World Report;  August 8, 1988 ;     700+ words ......He found the crop-insurance premiums too...whopping 30 percent of their premiums...would spread crop insurance far, saving...would cover 50 percent of American...soared almost 85 percent. Part of the...farmers who buy crop insurance tend to live...states. Only ...

NCGA survey reveals strengths, weaknesses of crop insurance...

Top Producer;  September 1, 2004 ;     585 words ......recommendations for enhancing crop insurance products and making...growers. More than 90 percent of the corn growers...producers. Among crop insurance users, 62 percent buy revenue insurance...conditions, 60 percent of crop insurance users reported...