NU Online News Service, March 19, 12:16 p.m. EDT

Insurance companies and agents joined together Thursday in asking Congress "to do no harm" to the existing crop-insurance-subsidy program, citing concerns with Obama-administration proposals that call for further cuts.

In written testimony given on behalf of the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America, Ruth Gerdes, president of Auburn Agency Crop Insurance, Inc., Auburn, Neb., offered strong support for a robust farm-safety net and spoke out against additional cuts to the Federal Crop Insurance Program (FCIP) in the upcoming Farm Bill negotiations.

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