Without soil data, crop insurance pricing is a bust
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 - 07:20
in Earth & Climate
Farmers depend on insurance to cope with the enormous risk and cost it takes to coax crops from the ground. Unpredictable weather and rampaging pests all figure into the insurance rates farmers pay for economic protection, but there's one crucial aspect that insurance doesn't account for: the quality of the soil farmers depend on for almost everything they do.