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Farmers talk Farm Bill crop insurance with Scuse

Crop insurance led the discussion of the farm bill this week between the USDA’s Acting Deputy Agriculture Secretary and farmers in Nebraska.

Deputy Michael Scuse tells Brownfield Ag News there was some opposition among those he met with Tuesday about limiting crop insurance subsidies to larger farming operations, as included in the Senate version of the farm bill.  He says, “To limit the subsidy, to have it means-tested so that certain sized producers wouldn’t receive it – there was very little support for that and some in the room spoke out against it.”

Scuse, who met with a group of farmers in Omaha, said the top discussion was about ensuring a good crop insurance program.

“The feeling is it’s something that works. It works really, really well. This past year, many of them pointed out, proved that it is a great program and they want to make sure it’s going to be in both the House and the Senate’s version of the Food, Farm and Jobs bill.”

Whatever Congress determines in the next farm bill, Scuse says, the USDA “will certainly administer.”

AUDIO: Michael Scuse (7:00 mp3)

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