Rep. Brad Finstad and USDA Risk Management Agency Administrator Pat Swanson met with area farmers and advocates to discuss crop insurance changes and remaining concerns. Finstad said he would look into farmers’ request to make a later insurance billing date permanent.
President who signed the omnibus bill that included the crop-insurance changes discussed in the article.
ALSO MENTIONED Kurt Blomgren, Minnesota Farm Service Agency executive director who described the value of crop insurance from a farmer’s perspective.; Pat Swanson, USDA Risk Management Agency Administrator who attended the meeting and responded to a question about changing the billing date.
President who signed the omnibus bill that included the crop-insurance changes discussed in the article.
ALSO MENTIONED Kurt Blomgren, Minnesota Farm Service Agency executive director who described the value of crop insurance from a farmer’s perspective.; Pat Swanson, USDA Risk Management Agency Administrator who attended the meeting and responded to a question about changing the billing date.
