A U.S. Senator from Kansas says risk management tools in the new farm bill, including crop insurance, deserve an update to provide better support for producers.
Roger Marshall is a co-sponsor of the Federal Agriculture Risk Management Enhancement and Resilience or FARMER Act, which increases premium support for higher levels of crop insurance and is meant to reduce the amount of ad-hoc disaster assistance needed.
He tells Brownfield, “We’ve seen the nutrition programs double in how much we’re spending on those.
