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ND HCR3009
Concurrent Resolution
Status
3/22/2017
Primary Sponsor
Michael Brandenburg
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AI Summary
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Urges Congress to amend the 2014 farm bill to allow counties to use raw yield data from insurance companies to supplement national agriculture statistics surveys for Agriculture Risk Coverage program payments.
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Addresses the Agriculture Loss Coverage-County program, which provides revenue loss coverage when actual crop revenue falls below the program guarantee for covered commodities.
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Notes that multiple North Dakota counties and producers have not qualified for payments due to insufficient yield data surveys being returned to accurately calculate payments.
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Directs the Secretary of State to forward copies of the resolution to North Dakota's Congressional Delegation, Senate and House leadership, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Legislative Description
A concurrent resolution urging Congress to amend the 2014 farm bill to allow counties to use raw yield data from insurance companies to supplement the national agriculture statistics survey to calculate payments under the Agriculture Risk Coverage program when an insufficient number of surveys are returned to accurately calculate payments.
Last Action
Filed with Secretary Of State 03/22
3/22/2017