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How crop insurance prevents some farmers from adapting to climate change
The Federal Crop Insurance Program helps steer the direction of U.S. agriculture. But advocates and farmers say its policies have often failed to benefit the most climate-adaptive farms—and penalizes farmers for adopting some climate-friendly strategies.
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Crop insurance costs are rising, fueled by climate change. Yet little has changed in federal program
Federally subsidized crop insurance made record-high payouts last year. While climate change is making farming more risky, the federal program often shields producers at taxpayer expense. Some say it’s time to encourages farmers to mitigate risk.
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Why are we paying for crop failures in the desert?
Taxpayers are on the hook for heat-related crop losses in parched states like Arizona. That needs to change.
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Biden warns that climate change could upend federal spending programs
A chapter in the new Economic Report of the President focuses on the growing risks to people and businesses from rising temperatures, and the government’s role in adapting to them.
Billions in crop insurance payouts can be linked to climate change, EWG report says
Between 1995 and 2020, the amount of crop insurance payments for drought increased about 400%, according to an analysis of government data by the Environmental Working Group.
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Increased flooding and droughts linked to climate change have sent crop insurance payouts skyrocketing
As climate change drives more droughts, rain and extreme weather across American farmland, the cost of insuring the country’s farmers has soared, putting taxpayers increasingly on the hook for the growing tab. A new analysis based on government data finds that insurance payments to farmers have risen more than 400 percent for drought-related losses and […]
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U.S. crop insurance payouts rise sharply as climate change worsens droughts, floods
Insurance payments to U.S. farmers for crops lost to droughts and flooding have risen more than threefold over the past 25 years, according to an analysis of federal data by the Environmental Working Group released on Thursday.
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