Page 60 - MFB State Annual Meeting 2018 -- RESOLUTIONS BOOK

9.2.9. The ability for Medicaid to recover medical expenses from the portion of an estate that generates business income for the surviving family.
#209 Sugar
(amendment at line 1.7)
1. We support:
1.1. A program to protect the interests of domestic sugar producers and
recommend that any appropriate legislation should include provisions that ensure a strong and economically viable domestic sugar industry;
1.2. Retention of the current loan rate as a minimum;
1.3. Elimination of the marketing assessment fee(s) or loan forfeiture
penalties;
1.4. Increased research and development funding for bio-based energy
and bio-based products utilizing sugar crops;
1.5. USDA publishing monthly USDA-validated reports on Mexico sugar
consumption, production, processing, exports, imports, and non-food
use, similar to reports available in the United States;
1.6. Maintaining the current 2014 sugar provisions in the next farm bill;
and
1.7. Domestic allocations should be distributed to sugar from
domestically produced cane or beets to their respective
sectors before increasing import allocations.
2. We encourage both the U.S. and Mexico to continue discussions to
develop a workable sugar program.
#225 Crop Insurance
(amendment at line 1.2.15)
1. Crop/Revenue Insurance
1.1. USDA should not change compliance policy pertaining to
conservation plans without an open comment period.
1.2. We support:
1.2.1. The availability of crop yield and/or revenue insurance for all producers of all crops, aquaculture livestock and poultry in the country;
1.2.2. Taking all necessary steps to include furrow-irrigated rice in the traditional crop insurance program;
1.2.3. The development of new risk management programs to supplement or be an alternative to current crop and future livestock insurance programs;
1.2.4. Annual reviews to ensure proper premium ratings that are actuarially sound by crop, county and state;
1.2.5. Continuation of the federal government financial support, at a percent not less than current levels, for the program with the private sector continuing to serve as the primary deliverer of insurance;
1.2.6. Continuation of everyone being eligible for the program, regardless of size of the operation or payments;
1.2.7. Improved risk management education programs;
1.2.8. Providing producers of all crops options for various insurance
products that accurately reflect individual risk considerations regardless of end-market designation when making crop insurance purchasing decisions;
1.2.9. The ability of an insurance provider to bring new technology and innovation to the crop insurance industry;
1.2.10. Requiring clear delineation during the sales and billing processes to distinguish between federal crop insurance policies and private company add-on products;
1.2.11. Development of crop revenue policies that provide coverage for all grain quality discounts, including unmarketable grain and grain damaged by acts of nature, for producers that follow good farming practices determined by the Risk Management Agency (RMA). Discount factors must be comparable to the level of discounts experienced by producers in the market;
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