National Ag News
Senator says strong crop insurance top priority for farm bill
Apr 18, 2017, 17:08 PM
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A member of the Senate Ag Committee says farmers are telling him crop insurance is their top priority for the 2018 Farm Bill.
Indiana Senator Joe Donnelly has been hosting farm bill listening sessions around the state and says the ag community’s message is clear. “We have to have a strong crop insurance section,” he says. “And we will. There’s also a strong understanding of the need to combine the nutrition programs with the ag programs because that will get us the critical mass we need to ensure the bill gets through.”
He says he doesn’t anticipate another big fight over the nutrition program in this farm bill.
