Pricing Drought-Damaged Silage

Iowa State University Extension has good information on how farmers can deal with corn that’s badly damaged by drought. Extension Economist William Edwards says it’s important to have damaged acres viewed by an adjustor and released by the insurance company before harvesting takes place. Edwards also points to another resource:

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Murphy Says Drought Claims Will Be Covered

Bill Murphy, administrator of the USDA Risk Management Agency, tells Brownfield Ag News that his agency has plenty of money on hand to handle the massive drought losses this year. “Probably the most surprising to me is some of these soybean fields that got in early,” said Murphy. “From the

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