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Don Beyer: “Commodity crops accounted for 94 percent of crop insurance policies, whereas the whole farm revenue policies that…”

On the recordDecember 5, 2023
Commodity crops accounted for 94 percent of crop insurance policies, whereas the whole farm revenue policies that service smaller diversified farms... accounted for less than one percent of the policies sold.
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Don Beyer
Democratic · Virginia

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Beyer points out the disproportionate focus on commodity crops in crop insurance policies.

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