U.S. crop insurance payouts rise sharply as climate change worsens droughts, floods
Data from the last 25 years raises concerns about the ability of insurance companies and government to keep up with crop losses.
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Data from the last 25 years raises concerns about the ability of insurance companies and government to keep up with crop losses.
There has been a high increment in the insurance payment for farmers due to the massive loss caused by flooding and drought.
Editor: I just read âThank You, President Trumpâ (Page A8, Jan. 16) from your letters section of the opinion page. Really? Who is living in an imaginary world. Thank you for what? But for the unexpected and welcome consumer interest in small farms brought about by a pandemic, we would be suffering even more. Americaâs leadership has cut the safety net to its backbone for those of us still wanting to survive on our own. Instead of helping small farmers hurt by the Trump administrationâs trade war, his agriculture leadership boldly distributed billions of taxpayer dollars to...