B2—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 11,1980
New law consolidates farm disaster programs
WASHINGTON, D.C. -
Secretary of Agriculture Bob
Bergland said Tuesday the
signing by President Carter
of the “Federal Crop In
surance Act of 1980” will
make available an “all-risk”
type of crop insurance on
virtually all major crops in
all major crop producing
areas in the country.
He called the bill a “first
step in consolidation of many
conflicting federal farm'
disaster assistance
programs” and announced
“a. systematic expansion
program at the rate of an
additional 250 counties a
year for the next five years
in order to permit rapid but
orderly extension of in
surance coverage to far
mers.”
Bergland said, “I have
long advocated a sound,
actuarially-based insurance
program as preferable to the
many ad hoc programs now
assisting our farm
producers. These programs
deliver too little money, to
too few farmers, and usually
too late to be of maximum
benefit.
“After three years of hard
negotiations, we’ve been
able to produce a part
nership arrangement among
the federal government, the
farmer and the private in
surance industry m this
bill.”
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surance Corporation of the
U.S. Department of
Agriculture for more than 42
years has administered an
“all-risk” insurance and
now is establishing a local
delivery system that will
permit farmers to select
either a federal or private
insurance agent to service
the new all-risk insurance
plan, effective for the 1981
crop year.
“This partnership will
eliminate some of the
problems of the old crop
insurance law and permit
easy access and servicing
for farmer policyholders at
the local level where it really
counts,” saidßergland.
The new law also extends
for one year the low-yield
disaster payments program
administered by the USDA’s
Agricultural Stabilization
and Conservation Service.
Farmers will be eligible to
participate in both programs
for the 1981 crop year, but
will not be able to receive
duplicate subsidies.
“In order to retain full
eligibility for disaster
payments, farmers will have
to pay the full cost of their
federal crop insurance this
first year,” said Bergland,
or “they may waive disaster
program benefits and
receive a subsidy of 30
percent of their FCIC
premiums Up to a maximum
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of 65 percent of their average
yield for an extended period
of years. These options apply
only to crops eligible for
disaster payments, in
cluding upland cotton,
sorghum, barley, corn,
wheat and rice.”
Only the disaster crops
have these limitations, he
added.
FCIC officials said far
mers will receive official
notification by letter of their
options for these programs
and will be asked to make a
choice shortly after planting.
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program on a much wider
scale, will provide the most
complete disaster protection
package to 'farmers
available anywhere,”
Bergland said. “And the new
insurance plan will build
upon the actuarially sound
insurance principles already
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Amps
100
150
175
225
350
in the present
program.”
Complete program details
and announcement of new
counties for the 1981 crop
year will be published as
soon as a new FCIC board of
directors is appointed, as
required by the legislation,
the secretary said.
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490
475
500
580
600
670 ;
730
730
750
795
860
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