The intersection between the farm safety net and climate policy

The ranking member of the House Ag Committee says climate policy and crop insurance shouldn’t be tied together in the next farm bill.

Glenn “GT” Thompson is a Republican from Pennsylvania. “How can we change the safety net or crop insurance to be more climate friendly? I think that’s looking at the problem completely the wrong way. Rather, we should be asking ourselves how do we make climate policy farmer friendly?”

National Corn Growers Association President Chris Edgington says the two should remain separate.

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