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Record-Breaking $17 Billion in Crop Loss Stresses Need for Federal Insurance Program Reform
2013-08-29 15:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Extreme weather means lost food as drought, flood and other weather-related farming hazards threaten and destroy crops. But what are we to do, since we cant fight weather? Or can we? As we enter this new frontier of the wild, wild weather, one of the most promising strategies for reducing both the material and financial losses is to build the resilience of our farms. Practices such as cover cropping, no-till and efficient irrigation have shown to reduce crop losses associated with extreme weather....
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