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At the end of April, The Spry Farm posted to their Facebook page asking members in the community to help them look for a commercial liability insurance policy, something they never thought they would have to do, Leanne Spry said.
“I wasn’t actually anticipating this. We had a commercial insurance policy through Wawanesa [Insurance] for two years prior to this and we cancelled it in 2020 just because it didn’t look like we were going to be able to operate,” Spry said. “We didn’t think that it would be an issue getting a policy because we had already had one and no incidents, no claims so it kind of came out of left field for us.”
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Farm women have always been known for their expertise in multi-tasking. However for some, the COVID-19 pandemic has taken that to a whole other level. Now they are not only filling the usual roles of farmer, wife and mother, but added on to it is the role of school teacher.
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Amy Crouse and her husband, Mark, of Spry Farm in Elkton, Maryland, are farming roughly 4,000 acres a year, primarily raising corn, wheat and soybeans. They also have five children: Braedon, Hadley, Drake, Maverick and Fletcher, ranging in age from 2 to 13 years old.