Cotton Newsline: April 24, 2009

Crop insurance is an important risk management tool for cotton producers, every bit as important as any other production input.

Crop insurance is an important risk management tool for cotton producers, every bit as important as any other production input.  According to Rickey Bearden, a West Texas producer and chairman of the National Cotton Council’s Crop Insurance Task Force, improving the risk management options for producers has been a top priority for the cotton industry for many years. The Council supported passage of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act in 2000 based largely on its goal to make higher levels of coverage more affordable to farmers.

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