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Oct 01, 2020
U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Risk Management Agency (RMA) announced this week that Iowa Soybean Association Director Pat
Pat Swanson
Swanson was selected alongside three others for the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) Board of Directors. Swanson, who is also an ASA Agriculture Communications Team (ACT) member, will serve four-year terms starting in November 2020.
The FCIC board oversees the Federal crop insurance program, managed by RMA. The Federal Crop Insurance Act requires that non-USDA FCIC board members represent core groups involved in managing farm risk. This includes 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 or regulation. The Act also requires that the four producer board members come from diverse geographic areas and represent a cross-section of agricultural commodities.
Swanson farms with her husband Don and his family as a partner of Swanson Farm Partnership, a soybean, corn and cow-calf farming operation. Swanson has worked as a crop insurance agent since 2005 and co-owns Son Risk Management crop insurance agency. Swanson also serves as a State Committee Member on the Iowa Farm Service Agency and Wapello County 4-H Foundation Board Secretary. Learn more here.
