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Eric Sorensen: “Crop insurance ensures that [a farmer] has the flexibility…”

Featuring: Eric Sorensen, Democratic | U.S. House, Illinois, District 17

Sorensen Gives Opening Remarks in House Agriculture Committee During Farm Bill Markup

Published May 23, 2024 | Video Starts at 01:49

Just this week I was talking with Jeff. He's a corn farmer from Mercer County, Illinois. He reiterated that crop insurance is the number one priority for his family farm and his community. Crop insurance ensures that [a farmer] has the flexibility to invest in new technology and increasing his yields. Farmers, including Jeff, trusted me as a meteorologist to track the once in a lifetime deer ratio that moved across eastern Iowa and western Illinois in August of 2020. (01:49–01:58)

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Asserts that crop insurance enables farmers to invest in technology and increase yields.

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