Acknowledging that traditional risk management and
crop insurance solutions were not typically designed to fulfill the needs of producers in the region, the two firms developed a specialized platform to provide an option to growers and agents in the western United States.
point out that according to Congressional Budget Office estimates,
crop insurance subsidies will cost taxpayers $90 billion over the next decade.
This offers an opportunity to truly reform
crop insurance and correct its structural flaws.
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Crop insurance today--in some developing countries.
Yes, asserts Art Barnaby, a professor of agricultural economics at Kansas State University who worked with Am Ag to develop
crop insurance products.
Goodwin and Smith begin their analysis with a simple question: What is the purpose of federal multiple-peril
crop insurance (including disaster aid, which they correctly describe as a form of premium-free
crop insurance)?
The book is based on selected papers presented at a conference on
crop insurance and agricultural credit organized jointly by the Inter American Institute for Co-operation on Agriculture and the International Food Policy Research Institute, in San Jose, Costa Rica, in February 1982.
We believe the leading writers of
crop insurance will be able to absorb any near-term crop losses and are likely to maintain current levels of financial strength due to the primary writers' size, diverse portfolios, conservative use of additional reinsurance, and the business line's historical profitability.
In order to pay for part of it, the deal calls for a severe cut of $3 billion to the federal
crop insurance program.
According to a study by Assocham, only a few farmers in India have
crop insurance.
The
crop insurance business arm of John Deere Financial is made up of John Deere Insurance Company and John Deere Risk Protection, Inc.
In a statement, Illinois-based Deere & Company said no formal decisions have been made or agreements reached yet concerning its
crop insurance operations.
