National Ag News

Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue says he wants farmers to use crop insurance – not abuse it.  “Let’s face it – you don’t buy insurance on your house hoping it will burn down – do ya,” he says.  “And neither do we want to buy crop insurance hoping our crop fails.  We have to get out of the mindset that if I invest $1 in crop insurance – I get $1.10 or more out of that.”

Perdue told attendees of the Montana Ag Summit on Thursday he knows the important role crop insurance plays in farming operations.

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