US Taxpayers Are Spending Billions on Crop Insurance Premiums to Prop Up Farmers on Frequently Flooded, Unproductive Land

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By Katelyn WeisbrodMar 30, 2022, 9:00 am408 ptsTop
As climate change worsens flooding across the Midwest and South, crop insurance payments on waterlogged land have surged 300 percent in recent decades. That number will likely rise. By Georgina Gustin The vast Mississippi River watershed contains famously fertile soil, making the cropland of the American…

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