Crop insurance outreach grants target 'underserved' and veterans
The USDA’s Risk Management Agency announces some $13.5 million in grant money to educate farmers about available crop insurance and risk management tools.Also: 2011 crop loss numbers and how crop insurance might fare in the next farm bill.
The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) has announced that around $13.5 million in grant money will be provided to educate farmers about available crop insurance and risk management tools.
Questions concerning 2011 crop loss numbers and how crop insurance might fare in the next farm bill were also shoehorned into a Friday morning press call with Bill Murphy, RMA Administrator.
The outreach efforts will “particularly highlighting limited-resource farmers, traditionally underserved farmers, new/beginning farmers, returning vets going back into agriculture,” said Murphy. “So, quite a number of projects are being initiated this year.
“About $5 million of the $13.5 million are going to targeted states. These are states historically underserved in crop insurance: Delaware and Maryland north into New England, West Virginia, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada and Hawaii.