Washington, Feb. 11 -- Congressman Rick W. Allen issued the following press release:
Yesterday, Representative Rick W. Allen (R-GA-12), alongside Reps. Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA-01) and Sanford Bishop (D-GA-02), introduced the Farmers' AID Relief Act, amending the Hurricane Insurance Protection - Wind Index (HIP-WI) program to better serve farmers affected by hurricane damage.
The HIP-WI program is a wind-based insurance option managed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and designed to protect farmers impacted by hurricanes. The program relies on storm-tracking data systems to determine eligibility for the program; however, those systems are vulnerable to inaccuracies, leaving many farmers who experienced significant crop losses wit...