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Climate change could double losses to crops and property by the year 2100 according to a recent report from the non-partisan Government Accountability…
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Payments to farmers under the new farm bill could soar as high as $8-10 billion for this year’s crop, according to some economists quoted in an article by…
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When U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow announced passage of the Farm Bill in February, she echoed a refrain from a car commercial.“This is not your father’s Farm…
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At $200 per acre, Trego County, KS topped the list of High Plains counties in per acre crop insurance payments in 2012. Other top counties were Wallace…
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Farmer Doug Wilson has been buying crop insurance since 1980. “You carry home insurance, hoping your house doesn’t burn down. We carry crop insurance,…
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Farmers across the country received a record breaking 17.3 billion dollars in federal crop insurance payouts after last year’s drought. While the payments…
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Now that the Senate has a farm bill (technically the Agriculture, Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2013)ready and waiting for reconciliation with a House…
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The U.S. Senate approved a new comprehensive farm bill Monday, its plan for everything from food and nutrition assistance to disaster aid for livestock…
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Nearly $17 billion has been paid out to farmers in crop insurance indemnities to cover the losses from the catastrophic drought of 2012, the government…