‘I’d rather not collect on crop insurance.’
“To critics I’d say take one year in my shoes, on a bad year, and see if you like crop insurance or not.” “I’d rather not collect on crop insurance.” – Mike Abbott
ICYMI: Crop insurance critical to farmers
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By: Jim Obermiller Published in the Omaha World-Herald May 1, 2017 Here in central Nebraska, raising corn is a way of life. I got started when I was 21 with 160 acres I bought from my grandmother. Today, my wife, Linda, and I farm 3,000 acres of corn. I’m 66 now, and I’ve seen a […]