Ag's Great Affluenza - 9

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The bulk of the U.S. Corn Belt now insures 80% to 90% of its income with revenue insurance, a product that didn't exist in the 1980s. (DTN graphic by Nick Scalise)
Revenue crop insurance has revolutionized risk management and largely ended the practice of loading U.S. farmers with emergency loans for carryover debt. That shift -- along with conservative debt-to-asset ratios, big rainy-day funds and cheap, fixed-rate...

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