Ep. 28 (Joanie Grimes, Crop Insurance Agent)

<p>In America, <a href='https://www.farmpolicyfacts.org/who-is-the-american-farmer/'>approximately 220,000 farming and ranching families</a> raise 80 percent of the crops and livestock that feed and clothe our nation. All 330 million of us.</p> <p>“That is a very big task for a very small group of people,” crop insurance agent Joanie Grimes recently told Farm Policy Facts on our Groundwork podcast</p> <p>It’s a task that comes with big risks, too. Joanie, an agent with the Auburn Agency in Ohio and a board member of the Crop Insurance Professionals Association (CIPA), joined Groundwork to talk about the challenges facing farmers today – and how crop insurance is a vital component of the farm safety net that protects them.</p>