USDA expects storm-related planting claims to top $1 billion

The Department of Agriculture is expecting storm-ravaged farmers to file more than $1 billion in prevented-planting claims for fields they could not plant this year due to heavy rains and flooding, according to press reports. Bill Northey, the USDA’s undersecretary for farm production and conservation, said the claims this year could exceed previous highs of… » Read More

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