Posted January 17, 2014
The National Agricultural Law Center offers a wide
range of resources, one of which is the Disaster Assistance/Crop Insurance Reading
Room available here.
The federal crop insurance program is a subsidized
insurance program that provides financial protection to producers against crop
losses caused by natural disasters such as drought or flood. The crop insurance program is authorized by
the Federal Crop Insurance Act (FCIA) “to promote the national welfare by
improving the economic stability of agriculture through a sound system of crop
insurance and by providing the means for research and experience helpful in the
devising and establishing such insurance.”
The Disaster Assistance/Crop Insurance Reading Room
provides information on major statutes including the Federal Crop Insurance
Act, 7 U.S.C. §§ 1501-1024 and Supplemental Agricultural Disaster Assistance, 7
U.S.C. § 1531.
The Reading Room also includes relevant regulations, a
link to the Federal Crop Insurance Program case law index, Administrative Law
Decisions, Center Research Publications, relevant Congressional Research
Service reports, and many other resources.
These resources are provided by the National
Agricultural Law Center as a free service to the public.
