Keep America Growing

Episode 8: Crop Insurance and Car Wrecks

Tom Zacharias, President of National Crop Insurance Services, takes a deep dive into crop insurance and car wrecks in the latest episode of Keep America Growing, a short podcast all about crop insurance.

Episode 7 - Sustainability and Crop Insurance

In this episode, learn about the role of crop insurance is relation to conservation and sustainability. Reference materials are below.

1. //www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0301479720311488?via%3Dihub

2. //onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/aepp.13407

3. //www.rma.usda.gov/en/Topics/Conservation

Episode 6 - Crop Insurance Matters to Farmers and Their Communities

What are farmers and agents saying about crop insurance? Find out in this latest episode, which features stories and testimonials from hardworking women and men in Tennessee and Kentucky. 

Episode 5 - Strengths of Private-Sector Delivery

This episode highlights the role of the hardworking women and men in the crop insurance industry. This includes crop insurance agents, loss adjusters, and company staff, who ensure that crop insurance remains viable, reliable, and efficient – specifically through private-sector delivery. 

Episode 4 - 30 Years In and Still Reforming

Did you know that 2024 marks the 30-year anniversary of the 1994 Crop Insurance Reform Act? This means crop insurance has been expanding and adapting to the risk management needs of U.S. agriculture for three decades now.

Episode 3 - Key Crop Insurance Dates: Spring Sales Closing Deadline

In the next episode of Keep America Growing, National Crop Insurance Services President Tom Zacharias discusses the March 15 crop insurance sales closing deadline – and why every farmer should speak with a crop insurance agent before the deadline to develop a personalized risk-management plan. 

Episode 2 - Crop Insurance Meets the Regional Needs of Farmers

In this second installment of Keep America Growing, National Crop Insurance Services President Tom Zacharias discusses how crop insurance meets the regional needs of farmers – and why a flexible and adaptable crop insurance program is so important. Four farmers also share their personal stories about how crop insurance helps them overcome disaster and keep their farms afloat. 

Episode 1 - Crop Insurance is the Cornerstone of the Farm Safety Net

Who is National Crop Insurance Services? How does this organization support crop insurance? What is crop insurance and why is it important? Tom Zacharias, president of National Crop Insurance Services, answers all these questions and more in the first episode of Keep America Growing, a new five-minute monthly podcast all about crop insurance.