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In the News: Insuring Farmers despite poor choices

An overview of the farming insurance arena shows that hundreds of millions of dollars are being spent to insure crops even when no effort to plant using the best available practices was taken. The payouts for flood and drought have risen 3 to 4 times proportionately and Environmental leaders are not sure it’s helping the farming industry. Instead, it is encouraging waste and taking funds away from climate change mitigating programs.

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