Crop Insurance Claims Break $10 Billion Barrier, Farmers Gear Up for 2012 Planting

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 27, 2012 (OVERLAND PARK, Kan.) — For the first time in history, crop insurance indemnities to farmers and ranchers have exceeded $10.08 billion to cover agricultural losses, underscoring last year’s high crop values and volatile weather. This figure will likely climb as more than an estimated five percent of the claims […]