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Crop insurance is good for farmers, but not always for the environment

  • Written by Don Fullerton, Gutsgell Professor of Finance, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Crop insurance is designed to help farmers weather disasters such as Hurricane Irma, which devastated many Florida citrus farms in 2017.AP Photo/Tamara Lush

Congress is currently debating the 2018 Farm Bill, a massive piece of legislation enacted about every five years. One of its key elements is crop insurance, which helps protect farmer income in...

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