The Certification Form can be found in Exhibit 24 of the CAT Handbook. As a private sector delivery partner of the USDA safety net, reinsured companies and their agents share the responsibility to reach out to limited resource, minority, and socially disadvantaged farmers. The USDA definition of a socially disadvantaged group is one whose members have been subjected to racial or ethnic prejudice because of their identity as members of a group without regard to their individual qualities. Those groups include African Americans, American Indians or Alaskan natives, Hispanics, and Asians or Pacific Islanders. ERS has added women to the list of socially disadvantaged farm operators.
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All insurance providers should remind their employees and agents of limited resource farmer procedures and of their responsibility to reach out to limited resource, minority and socially disadvantaged farmers. Insurance providers are encouraged to make their agents aware of the availability and content of the ERS report mentioned above.