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Greg Steube, Darren Soto Offer Proposal to Help Farmers Impacted by Freezes

Two congressmen from Florida–Republican U.S. Rep. Greg Steube and Democrat U.S. Rep. Darren Soto–teamed up this week on a bill to “protect farmers impacted by crop-damaging freezes.”

Steube introduced the “Temperature Endorsement for Multi-Peril Policies (TEMP) Act” on Monday with Soto as a co-sponsor. They hope to include the proposal as part of the larger farm bill.

“This winter, a freeze caused significant damages to Florida’s citrus, sugarcane, ornamental plants, and many fruits and vegetables. Currently, specialty-crop insurance policies are expensive, leaving farmers with limited options to mitigate their losses due to freezing temperatures,” said Steube. “My legislation introduces an index-based temperature policy that will give our agriculture producers an additional layer of insurance coverage should temperatures drop below freezing. The Heartland of Florida provides the country with countless products – we must do everything we can to support our agriculture industry.”

“As we continue seeing freezing winters, it is critical for us to come together and ensure that our farmers are protected from the things they cannot control. I’m proud to join Congressman Steube in introducing this legislation to let our agriculture workers know that Congress stands with them,” said Soto.

The bill “directs the United States Department of Agriculture, Risk Management Agency to research and develop a temperature-based index policy for producers to select as an endorsement on top of their underlying Multi-Peril Crop Insurance Policy” and “would be a temperature-based index policy that would use National Oceanic & Atmosphere Administration (NOAA) data to determine whether temperatures dipped below freezing for an extended period.”

The bill was sent to the U.S. House Agriculture Committee this week. So far, there is no companion measure over in the U.S. Senate.

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