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Iowa Farm Bureau: Don’t mess with crop insurance
Iowa Farm Bureau president Craig Hill, speaking at the group’s recent annual meeting in Des Moines.
Congress is expected to begin work early next year on the next farm bill.
The president of Iowa Farm Bureau, Craig Hill, says maintaining a strong crop insurance program is his group’s top priority.
“What we hear from our producers is, “don’t touch my crop insurance program–we like the crop insurance program’,” Hill says. “It gives us the ability to farm another year. It’s revenue protecting. We don’t want to go to Congress with a request for a disaster bill if we have a drought or other problem. We want to rely on a good insurance program.”
Iowa’s crop insurance participation rate exceeds 90 percent.
Hill spoke with Brownfield at Iowa Farm Bureau’s annual meeting in Des Moines.
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