Crop Insurance empowers farm and ranch families to purchase equipment and inputs, to plant the seed, to nurture and harvest their crops, to raise their livestock, and to get to market with confidence because they have something as basic as insurance--something they would not have without Federal Crop Insurance.
Emphasizing the importance of crop insurance for farmers' confidence and market access.
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