Vilsack reappoints members to FCIC board
April 14, 2014 | 04:14 PM
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack last week reappointed two members to the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) board of directors.
The members are Ellen Linderman of Carrington, N.D., and Maggie Goode of Niarada, Mont., who joined the board in 2010. Each will serve another four-year term of office.
The FCIC board oversees the federal crop insurance program, managed by USDA’s Risk Management Agency. The board reviews crop insurance products presented by outside parties and RMA, and determines which programs will best help farmers and ranchers.
Goode, a third-generation Montana cattle rancher, runs a cow/calf operation on the Flathead Indian Reservation. Linderman grows a variety of wheat, food-grade soybeans, corn, sunflowers, barley, and millet on her North Dakota farm.
The Federal Crop Insurance Act requires that non-USDA board members be: four producers, at least one of whom is a specialty crop producer; one individual involved in insurance (often an agent); and one individual knowledgeable about reinsurance regulation.
The act also requires that the four producer board members come from diverse geographic areas and represent a cross-section of agricultural commodities.
The members are Ellen Linderman of Carrington, N.D., and Maggie Goode of Niarada, Mont., who joined the board in 2010. Each will serve another four-year term of office.
The FCIC board oversees the federal crop insurance program, managed by USDA’s Risk Management Agency. The board reviews crop insurance products presented by outside parties and RMA, and determines which programs will best help farmers and ranchers.
Goode, a third-generation Montana cattle rancher, runs a cow/calf operation on the Flathead Indian Reservation. Linderman grows a variety of wheat, food-grade soybeans, corn, sunflowers, barley, and millet on her North Dakota farm.
The Federal Crop Insurance Act requires that non-USDA board members be: four producers, at least one of whom is a specialty crop producer; one individual involved in insurance (often an agent); and one individual knowledgeable about reinsurance regulation.
The act also requires that the four producer board members come from diverse geographic areas and represent a cross-section of agricultural commodities.
