A veteran farmer is concerned about crop insurance funding following recent Senate discussions on USDA funding.

“It would be every man for himself if we didn’t have crop insurance,” said Richard Oswald.

The Missouri corn and soybean grower said any decreases to crop insurance in the next Farm Bill would be detrimental to small farmers. Oswald tells Brownfield such action could spark consolidation in grain farming.

We’ll have a situation where only big [farms] can survive and not the little,” he said.

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