Whole Farm Revenue Protection is offered to protect any crop in any county in the United States. This policy insures whole farm revenue (based on historical tax records), and allows for the introduction of a new crop like hemp during the current insurance year. Will USDA help farmers explore whole farm revenue protection as a means to insure hemp production? Will you also have a single-crop revenue protection policy available for hemp producers in the near future, say one to two years?

Jeff Schahczenski
Agricultural and Natural Resource Economist
National Center for Appropriate Technology and ATTRA Sustainable Agriculture
3040 Continental Drive
Butte, MT 59702