date:Nov 07, 2012
en well into 2013 in many areas where losses were heavy and widespread.
Here are a few of the latest national crop insurance statistics released Tuesday by National Crop Insurance Services (NCIS):
More than $3.5 billion has been sent to farmers.
While crop insurance can be purchased to protect 128 different crops, the top five crops that suffered the most damage from the 2012 drought are corn, wheat, cotton, soybeans and Pasture Rangeland and Forage.
Farmers will invest more t