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ANLA Members Testify in House Subcommittee07-18-03 | News
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Washington, D.C. ?EUR??,,????'??+ American Nursery & Landscape Association (ANLA) members, John C. Watkins, Virginia state senator and president of Watkins Nursery, in Midlothian, Va., and Bob Carden, president of Carden & Sprott Insurance Inc., in Winter Haven, Fla., testified before the House of Representatives?EUR??,,????'??? Agriculture Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management on July 10. Both Sen. Watkins and Carden highlighted the need for changes to USDA?EUR??,,????'???s crop insurance program as it applies to the nursery industry. Watkins testified on behalf of ANLA. A major focus of their testimony was the need in the nursery industry for an efficient, affordable and sustainable crop insurance program. The ANLA believes the crop insurance program falls short of adequately addressing the diversity and unique situations presented in an industry that grows thousands of varieties?EUR??,,????'??+in every state?EUR??,,????'??+using an array of production systems and technologies.
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