New crop insurance
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several federal programs
but others not eligible for
any.
“The program we are
proposing would consolidate
many of these programs,
increase protection
available to farmers, give
them a choice of protection
levels and make that
protection affordable for
most producers.
“The new program will
cover the major costs of
production at a reasonable
premium. It is designed to
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“If the plan receives
speedy consideration in the
Congress, the first crop that
could be covered would be
1980 Winter crops planted in
the FaU of 1979.”
Each fanner who par
ticipates m the voluntary
program would pay a
premium based on the level
of protection he chooses and
the risk involved in his
farming operation. Cost of
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the insurance would be
shared between the farmer
and the government.
Under the program, each
producer could choose from
three levels of insurance
coverage - 50, 70 and 90 per
cent of his normal crop
production. The farmer
would pay about half the
actual cost of insurance for
the minimum 50 per cent
protection. If he chooses 70
per cent protection, he would
pay for most of the cost of
the additional 20 per cent of
protection. The farmer
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would pay all the cost for the
final 20 per cent of protection
at the 90-per cent level.
These three levels might
vary for different crops.
Secretary Bergland said
that by using federal funds
mainly to share premium
costs for the first level of
protection, with producers
paying most of the
premiums for higher levels
of protection, a level of
protection covering cost of
production would be af
fordable to most producers.
The consolidated program
is intended to replace the
limited protection now of
fered by Federal Crop In
surance, low-yield disaster
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payments from Agricultural
Stabilization and Con
servation Service and
emergency loans from
USDA’s Farmers Home
Administration and the
Small Business Ad
ministration. Costs to the
government would be less
than costs of the four present
programs, and more
protection would be
available to more farmers
under the proposed plan.
The program would be
marketed through private
insurance agents, and
county ASCS offices.
The program would be
funded through USDA’s
Commodity Credit Cor
poration.
The new insurance
program would not
eliminate all disaster
programs, Secretary
Bergland said. Those which
cover land and building
damage, flood damage to
farms and communities, and
small business losses would
remain.
African swine fever discovery
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Department of Agriculture
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products from Italy.
Other countires restricted
by USDA because of African
swine fever are France,
Spain, Portugal, Cuba and
all nations in Africa.
Restrictions on the
shipment of swine, oork and
pork products to the United
States are necessary to
prevent spread of the
disease to this country,
where it could have a
disastrous effect on the U.S.
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“The 1977 farm bill
provides protection against
economic disaster through
loan and target price
provisions,” the secretary
said. “The proposed in
surance program com
plements that action by
providing adequate
protection for the farmer
who has a bad crop or no
crop at all.
“This administration
promised during con
sideration of the farm bill
last year that we would
propose revisions m the
disaster protection
programs for farmers, and
we think this plan makes the
necessary revisions by of
fering increased protection.
“We consider this a part of
our comprehensive food and
agriculture policy.”
The 18 crops covered in the
initial phase of the program
are wheat, cotton, com,
barley, grain sorghum, nee,
sugar cane, sunflowers,
citrus, dry beans, soybeans,
oats, flax, peanuts, tobacco,
raisins, sugar beets and rye.
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industry is broadly defined
by two categories --
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Private carriers are those
shippers, manufacturers,
merchants and others who
use their own vehicles or
leased trucks under direct
control for moving their
goods. For-hire carriers are
those trucking companies
providing transportation of
freight owned by another
party. Intrastate and local
for-hire carriers are usually
regulated by state and local
authorities, while interstate
for-hire carriers usually
come under federal
regulation by the Interstate
Commerce Commission.
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