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Crop insurance losses from water shortages continue to mount

10/13/21 8:25 AM By Brad Hooker and Sara Wyant
KEYWORDS crop insurance crop insurance premiums and payouts Jeff Yasui Klamath Basin farmers prevented planting Risk Management Agency smoke taint in grapes smoke taint in wine Wildfire and Hurricane Indemnity Program Plus
California has already surpassed $101 million in USDA crop insurance indemnities due to shortages of irrigation water supplies and the numbers will likely climb much higher.
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Brad Hooker
Sacramento Bureau Chief, Agri-Pulse West

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Sara Wyant
Editor/Publisher

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