Karen R. Krub

Farmers Legal Action Group Senior Staff Attorney Karen Krub explains the program, "Disaster unemployment provides temporary financial assistance to individuals, including farmers, who are unable to work as a result of a major disaster declared by the President and who would not qualify for standard unemployment benefits."

"Farmers seeking disaster assistance after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita may find themselves confused by the many different agencies and programs that offer aid," says Farmers' Legal Action Group Senior Staff Attorney, Karen Krub.

Karen R. Krub Staff Attorney, Farmers Legal Action Group, St. Paul, MN

FLAG Senior Staff Attorney Karen R. Krub stated for the record: "Despite the clearly articulated congressional policy of supporting the family farm system of agriculture through these credit programs, FSA (and its predecessor, FmHA) has a history of implementing the programs in such a way as to unduly limit their effectiveness and the benefits the programs are intended to bring to farmers and ranchers and their rural communities."

Karen R. Krub, Senior Staff Attorney
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Karen R. KrubSenior Staff Attorney

Karen Krub first came to FLAG in 1995 as a summer intern, primarily exploring production contract issues.She then received a Skadden Fellowship which allowed her to return as a staff attorney in September of 1996.Since joining FLAG, Karen has worked primarily in the areas of administrative law, agricultural credit, disaster assistance, and farmer-owned agricultural business development.

Karen grew up in the Skagit Valley of northwestern Washington, but not on one of the area's many farms.Instead, her family fished for salmon in the coastal waters of Washington and Alaska.Although at ten she had big plans for a boat of her own, Karen continued with school, earning a B.S. in Resource Development from Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan, in 1991, and graduating from Yale Law School in 1996.

Karen R. Krub, Senior Staff Attorney
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Karen R. KrubSenior Staff Attorney

Karen Krub first came to FLAG in 1995 as a summer intern, primarily exploring production contract issues.She then received a Skadden Fellowship which allowed her to return as a staff attorney in September of 1996.Since joining FLAG, Karen has worked primarily in the areas of administrative law, agricultural credit, disaster assistance, and farmer-owned agricultural business development.

Karen grew up in the Skagit Valley of northwestern Washington, but not on one of the area's many farms.Instead, her family fished for salmon in the coastal waters of Washington and Alaska.Although at ten she had big plans for a boat of her own, Karen continued with school, earning a B.S. in Resource Development from Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan, in 1991, and graduating from Yale Law School in 1996.

FLAG Senior Staff Attorney Karen R. Krub stated for the record: "Despite the clearly articulated congressional policy of supporting the family farm system of agriculture through these credit programs, FSA (and its predecessor, FmHA) has a history of implementing the programs in such a way as to unduly limit their effectiveness and the benefits the programs are intended to bring to farmers and ranchers and their rural communities."

USDA's National Appeals Division Procedures and Practices, Karen Krub, Attorney

Senter testified on the second panel along with Dennis Everson, President of the Agribusiness Division of First Dakota National Bank, and Karen Krubb of the Farmers Legal Action Group, Inc.