{"id":5493,"date":"2014-05-16T09:58:37","date_gmt":"2014-05-16T13:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ncis.staging.wpengine.com\/?p=5493"},"modified":"2014-05-16T09:58:37","modified_gmt":"2014-05-16T13:58:37","slug":"crop-insurance-in-action-diane-mcdonald-inkster-north-dakota","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/crop-insurance-in-action-diane-mcdonald-inkster-north-dakota\/","title":{"rendered":"CROP INSURANCE IN ACTION:  Diane McDonald, Inkster, North Dakota"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Diane McDonald has spent most of her life farming in North Dakota and she\u2019s loved every minute of it. But Diane knows that farming can be a very risky business.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are many steps that farmers can take to manage risk, like growing a wide variety of crops, rotating crops and growing cover crops to prevent erosion, and we do all of that,\u201d she said. \u201cBut let\u2019s face it, when we get an early August freeze, or a spring flood, or a drought, just about all of the best farming practices in the world will fail to protect us,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd that is why I, like most farmers across the state, always purchase crop insurance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/NCIS_carousel_image_94.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" alt=\"NCIS_carousel_image_94\" src=\"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/NCIS_carousel_image_94-300x135.jpg\" \/><\/a>Diane farms about 1,700 acres with her husband in North Dakota\u2019s Red River Valley. She\u2019s a realist when it comes to business, and knows that the days of the government bailing out farmers after a big natural disaster are over.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the passage of the new Farm Bill, farmers must realize that the government is no longer going to come along with an ad hoc disaster bill and bail us out,\u201d she said. \u201cThe new Farm Bill is something we should all applaud, since it was hard fought and will provide some degree of certainty to America\u2019s farmers,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>When she\u2019s not farming, Diane is the National Media Chairperson for Women Involved in Farm Economics (WIFE). In that position, she hears from women farmers from across the country that have all praised crop insurance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast spring, we had 18 inches of rain in 21 days, and half of our crops were in the ground already,\u201d she noted. And when the rain finally finished, farmers couldn\u2019t get back in their fields.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were facing steep losses, since rent is due and other costs had already been incurred, like fertilizer already on the fields,\u201d she said. \u201cThe crop insurance indemnity check for prevented planting helped cover the rent on the land and the lost fertilizer,\u201d she said. \u201cWe didn\u2019t make a dime but it covered a lot of the cost.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McDonald says that they always purchase crop insurance, which is not a small expenditure, costing somewhere north of $40,000 a year. And they seldom collect an indemnity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNorth Dakota has had its share of natural disasters during my tenure, from August frosts that killed entire corn crops to floods and droughts,\u201d she said. \u201cYou name it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll it takes is one big hail event and the farm is lost,\u201d she noted. \u201cAnd that, my friend, is why we always buy crop insurance.\u201d<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Diane McDonald has spent most of her life farming in North Dakota and she\u2019s loved every minute of it. But Diane knows that farming can be a very risky business. 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