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Old 07-13-2009, 05:17 PM   #30
Methanolic
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Originally Posted by You Need a Thneed View Post
Yup, I would imagine so. Hail is insured, no rain, not really insured.

I have no real sources, but I have heard that hail insurance is a "less than break even" scenerio for farmers.

Unless their crops are already written off, I would think they would prefer the rain before seeing their crops destroyed by hail.


Although, Judging from what I've seen on the news lately, any rain they get now is likely a week too late. What an incredibly stressful livelyhood it must be.
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