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NCIS · 34 episodes with transcripts

What’s the latest from the crop insurance industry? Find out from National Crop Insurance Services in quick five-minute monthly episodes. Because crop insurance keeps America growing.

Spoken has transcripts of 34 Keep America Growing episodes, with the speakers named. The newest listed here is from October 8, 2026.

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Episode 34: Training for the Toughest Days at NCIS Loss Adjustment Schools

October 8, 2026

Tom Zacharias (0:06)

Hello again, and welcome back to Keep America Growing, a podcast about the US crop insurance system that helps farmers and ranchers manage risk and recover when disaster strikes. I'm your host, Tom Zacharias, president of National Crop Insurance Services. When the worst happens, farmers need answers quickly, whether…

What many people don't realize is that becoming a crop insurance loss adjuster requires far more than simply walking into a field after a storm.

James Houx (1:54)

Well, Tom, the idea that the loss adjustment is a simple estimation is certainly a great misnomer. You know, today, the crop insurance adjusters, they enter the field with training on procedures that have been behind over the past 75 years or so, and in some cases for older procedures, nearly 100 years. Adjusters…

As well, farmers are encouraged to enter the field with the adjuster to see the loss adjustment process and how the procedures are used. The farmers are also encouraged to participate in damage counts to ensure that they know what is occurring and how the adjuster determines the loss. From that standpoint, the…

Tom Zacharias (2:50)

Okay, so talk to us about the schools themselves.

What are they? How long have these schools been around? And what role do they play in maintaining the integrity of the crop insurance program?

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