Iowa crops are raking in a large amount of cash.The United States Department of Agriculture says that high corn and soybean prices brought Iowa its first $20 billion cash yield in history, more than double the $9.5 billion received just five years earlier.With so much money at stake and dry weather already threatening this years crop, farmers are being warned to invest in crop insurance this year.Mason City All Risk Insurance Owner Dave Bernhardt says, “Crop insurance is the number one risk management tool that farmers can purchase to make sure that they cover all their expenses in producing a crop.”Most of Minnesota is in the earliest stage of drought, and parts of Iowa and the Dakotas also are abnormally dry or worse. March 15th is the deadline to purchase the insurance.
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