- 96 percent oppose funding cuts to crop insurance like the one recently proposed in the White House’s FY2017 budget request;
- 97 percent oppose reopening the 2014 Farm Bill to change crop insurance;
- 94 percent oppose the AFFIRM Act, a legislative proposal introduced last year to reduce crop insurance benefits and limit coverage options;
- 97 percent prefer that crop insurance be administered by the private sector instead of the government;
- 93 percent said their banks demand crop insurance coverage before extending needed operating capital; and
- 99 percent noted that current low commodity prices and extreme weather make crop insurance coverage a necessity.
