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Episode 24: Looking Back, Looking Ahead: A Conversation on Crop Insurance with Chairman Conaway Dec 17, 2025

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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.

Episode 23: Trading Places at Trade Talk with Jeff Nalley Nov 20, 2025

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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.

Episode 22: Surviving Helene: Georgia Farmers Share How Crop Insurance Kept Them Farming Oct 21, 2025

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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.

Episode 21: Crop Insurance Without Borders: A Global Perspective Sep 16, 2025

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Pascal Forrer of AIAG joins NCIS to discuss why the U.S. system is the global benchmark, the growth of crop insurance abroad, and what’s ahead at AIAG’s Rotterdam congress.

Episode 20: Investing in Research, Training and Education to Strengthen Crop Insurance Aug 20, 2025

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Dean Strasser shares how NCIS research projects with universities and hands-on adjuster schools make crop insurance smarter, faster, and fairer for farmers.

Episode 19: One Big Beautiful Bill and Its Implications for Crop Insurance Jul 25, 2025

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Top industry lobbyists discuss the agricultural provisions in the recently passed budget reconciliation package, and what it all means for crop insurance.

Episode 18: Florida Citrus Growers Face Storms, Disease – and Survive with Help from Crop Insurance Jun 26, 2025

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Hear from Florida citrus growers how crop insurance keeps them in business despite hurricanes, disease and a decline in production.

Episode 17: A Discussion with the New RMA Administrator May 17, 2025

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In this episode, we catch up with the new Administrator of the Risk Management Agency, Pat Swanson, to discuss her past, her hopes for the program, and the power of the public-private partnership.

Episode 16: Digging into a new farmer survey all about crop insurance Apr 10, 2025

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Join market researcher Claudine Wargel to discuss a new national survey that reveals how farmers feel about crop insurance.

Episode 15: Sales Closing through an Agent’s Eyes Mar 14, 2025

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NCIS President Tom Zacharias sits down with veteran crop insurance agent Jason Williamson from Ohio to discuss one of the most critical deadlines in agriculture – the crop insurance sales closing date.

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