This bill directs the federal government's crop insurance program to develop and offer insurance coverage specifically for mushroom farmers. Right now, the federal crop insurance program helps protect farmers in many industries if their crops fail or prices drop, but mushrooms aren't currently included in these protections. This bill would change that by requiring the government to create an insurance option that covers either the actual mushroom harvest itself or the income farmers make from selling mushrooms. This means mushroom farmers could get financial protection if disease, bad weather, or market problems hurt their business—the same way corn, wheat, and soybean farmers can. It's a straightforward effort to give mushroom producers access to the same risk-management tools available to other agricultural businesses.

Protecting Mushroom Farmers Act

Fetterman, John

Protecting Mushroom Farmers Act This bill requires the federal crop insurance program to provide for the research and development of a policy to insure the production of mushrooms or revenue derived from the production of mushrooms. (The term policy means an insurance policy, plan of insurance, provision of a policy or plan of insurance, and related materials.)