Crop insurance role in farm bill?

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The crop insurance industry should help Congress write a farm bill in 2012, but also should think about its role longer term as crop insurance becomes the “foundation” of the farm program, a former U.S. Department of Agriculture official who is a top aide to Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., said at a crop insurance industry convention in Scottsdale, Ariz.

By: Jerry Hagstrom, Agweek