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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Monday, November 04, 2024
Congressmen and commodity group leaders participating in the annual Crop Insurance Industry Convention talked about the need to be proactive in addressing threats and opportunities for the crop insurance program.
Ask a farmer about the most important farm bill provisions for his or her operation and you’ll likely hear the words “crop insurance.” The public-private partnership continued to expand last year, covering more than 334 million acres of farmland in 2018 — a 20 million-acre increase over 2017.
The crop insurance community is closely watching the outcome of an age discrimination lawsuit filed by one of the most widely-recognized lobbyists for their industry against an association that he used to manage.
WASHINGTON, March 21, 2017 – Scott Graves, the former Republican staff director of the House Agriculture Committee who recently joined the law and lobbying firm, Williams & Jensen, is taking over representation of the American Association of Crop Insurers.