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Mr. POMEROY. Is it, then, your intention to compensate in a man- 

 ner that is somewhat similar to the Federal crop insurance loss ad- 

 justment procedures? 



Mr. Weber. I think the way we have it set up now, we are very 

 similar. Yes. 



Mr. POMEROY. Why has ASCS just not used the Federal crop in- 

 surance loss adjustment process? 



Federal crop insurance has historically covered quality problems 

 as well and, therefore, has a directly relevant loss adjusting proce- 

 dure all set up. 



What decisions did you make in deciding that you would try and 

 go a different route? 



Mr. Weber. Well, we looked at those procedures, and we felt that 

 since we already established a posted county price and that was a 

 figure that was used for other programs, that that made some 

 sense to move in that direction. 



And that is principally why we have deviated some from the two, 

 from the crop insurance adjustments. And it may well be some- 

 thing that we need to look into as we look down into the future as 

 to whether we might use this process rather than the process that 

 is currently being used by Federal crop insurance. 



Mr. Pomeroy. I would encourage you to do exactly that so that 

 a farmer carrying crop insurance is not having the loss calculated 

 in entirely different ways by the same Department of the U.S. Gov- 

 ernment. 



Mr. Weber. And I don't disagree with you at all. 



Mr. Pomeroy. We have had discussions on this, Mr. Weber, over 

 the past several weeks, and I have worked with your Department. 



Mr. Weber. Yes. 



Mr. Pomeroy. I want to commend you, to the limited extent of 

 my understanding, on the most recent revision. As late as Friday, 

 I was back in North Dakota trying to work through the nuances 

 of the previous draft. 



Since then there has been another revision. 



Mr. Weber. That is correct. 



Mr. Pomeroy. When was that? 



Mr. Weber. Notice is going out today. We can furnish you with 

 copies. We have copies here, at least of the salient points that we 

 are trying to correct here. 



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