CROP INSURANCE IN ACTION: Cash Ruane, North Clarendon, Vermont
It’s perhaps no great coincidence that Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream was founded in Burlington, Vermont, given that dairy is the Green Mountain State’s largest agriculture industry. Cash Ruane, from North Clarendon, Vermont, is one of those Vermont dairy farmers. Cash has been farming his whole life, starting his own farming business with his beloved […]
Drought Update – August 27, 2012
The continental United States is parched, with 63% of the lower 48 states experiencing moderate to exceptional drought, according to the August 21 U.S. Drought Monitor. Crop insurance is helping farmers pick up the pieces. So far in 2012: Farmers have invested more than $4 billion to purchase more than 1.1 million crop insurance policies. […]
