Keep America Growing

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What’s the latest from the crop insurance industry? Find out from National Crop Insurance Services in quick five-minute monthly episodes. Because crop insurance keeps America growing.

  1. May 7

    Episode 29: Policy, Pressure, and the Path Forward: A Conversation with Bart Fischer

    How is farm policy keeping up with rising pressure in agriculture? Texas A&M’s Bart Fischer joins Keep America Growing to explain what’s working, what’s not, and why crop insurance still leads the way.

    23 min

  2. Apr 2

    Episode 28: Margins, Risk, and Reality: A Conversation with Dr. Gary Schnitkey

    Tight margins. Rising costs. More risk. In this episode, Dr. Gary Schnitkey from the University of Illinois breaks down what’s happening in the farm economy and why crop insurance matters more than ever.

    14 min

  3. Mar 10

    Episode 27: With Sales Closing on the Horizon, a Conversation with a Crop Insurance Agent

    The March 16 sales closing deadline is approaching, and crop insurance agent Luke Sandrock discusses what farmers are facing as they finalize their 2026 coverage.

    16 min

  4. Feb 25

    Episode 26: Reading the Midterms: A Conversation with David Wasserman

    The senior editor and elections analyst at The Cook Political Report sits down for a wide-ranging discussion on what history tells us about midterms and which races could have an outsized impact on agriculture.

    26 min

  5. Jan 23

    Episode 25: New Year Reflection: Lessons from an Historic Disaster

    In this episode of Keep America Growing, host Tom Zacharias looks back at the 2012 Midwest drought, one of the most significant stress tests in modern agricultural history. The conversation explores how crop insurance performed under unprecedented pressure, why the public-private partnership matters, and what the lessons from 2012 still mean for farm policy today.

    10 min

  6. 12/18/2025

    Episode 24: Looking Back, Looking Ahead: A Conversation on Crop Insurance with Chairman Conaway

    Former House Agriculture Committee Chairman Mike Conaway joins Keep America Growing to reflect on how crop insurance evolved into the backbone of the farm safety net, and what policymakers must get right in 2026 to keep it strong.

    25 min

  7. 11/20/2025

    Episode 23: Trading Places at Trade Talk with Jeff Nalley

    NCIS turns the tables at Trade Talk, interviewing a farm broadcaster to discuss how technology has reshaped farm broadcasting, how modern agriculture has become more complex and capital-intensive, and why forward-looking farm policy is more important than ever.

    27 min

  8. 10/21/2025

    Episode 22: Surviving Helene: Georgia Farmers Share How Crop Insurance Kept Them Farming

    One year after Hurricane Helene devastated parts of the Southeast, Georgia farmers reflect on the storm that wiped out crops, shattered equipment, and threatened family farms. In this special episode, producers share in their own words how crop insurance provided the financial lifeline they needed to recover and rebuild.

    9 min
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What’s the latest from the crop insurance industry? Find out from National Crop Insurance Services in quick five-minute monthly episodes. Because crop insurance keeps America growing.

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  • Creator
    NCIS
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    29
  • Rating
    Clean
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    Keep America Growing

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