US growers say crop insurance is critical to farming family survival

July 7, 2022July 5, 2022 Nordstrom

Producers face significant challenges and depend on the stability of the coverage. Crop insurance is a coverage growers rely upon as a form of safety net to keep their farms – and the families they support – alive. The policies help farmer to continue to keep their businesses intact despite growing challenges. The coverage helps farmers – including those whose families have been farming for generations – to rely on added stability to ensure their businesses can continue. “We couldn’t make it without crop insurance. I mean, we put so…

Is crop insurance worsening the United States food crisis?

May 26, 2022May 25, 2022 Nordstrom

The price of nearly everything at the grocery store is on the rise and coverage might be exacerbating it. Federally subsidized crop insurance programs have incentives built in that can, in certain circumstances, make it more profitable for farmers to abandon their attempts to grow than it is to plant a field of food. The weather conditions this year are playing into those circumstances, further risking the US food supply. Unusually cold and wet weather in many Midwestern states, such as Minnesota, have meant that only a small percentage of…