The president of the National Crop Insurance Services says U.S. crop insurance saw tremendous growth in 2021.

And, Tom Zacharias says the program has continued to serve farmers during the pandemic.

“Premium volume was up. A lot of that was due to higher corn and soybean prices which is an opportunity for farmers to have more coverage,” he says. “…The strength of the program is such that adjusters are able to go across state lines and work these claims, so we have no bottlenecks there.

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