Drought brings record U.S. cost for crop insurance subsidy
Story Date: 10/19/2012

 
Source: Charles Abbott, REUTERS, 10/17/12

U.S. taxpayers could pay a record $15 billion to subsidize the privately run crop insurance program this year, double the recent cost due to devastating drought in the Farm Belt, say an array of agricultural economists.

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