Farmers in Jasper County have received more in crop insurance payouts within the past season than any other county in the state. Farmers were due this money after their crops suffered widespread damages due to torrential rains and flooding during May and June of last year. “We saw historic losses,” said local farmer and insurance adjuster Gary Fritts. “...I don’t expect that we’ll ever see damage like we saw this year again. We saw fields that were destroyed, not even harvested.” Read the full story in the print edition or by subscribing to the e-edition. Source - newsbug.info