crop insurance
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcropandinsurance
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crop
noun
uk/krɒp/us/krɑːp/
(the total amount collected of) a plant such as a grain, fruit, or vegetable grown in ...
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insurance
noun
uk/ɪnˈʃɔː.rənsɪnˈʃʊə.rəns/us/ɪnˈʃɜ.r.əns/
an agreement in which you pay a company money and they pay your costs if you have an accident, ...
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(Definition ofcropandinsurancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Growers seemed less enthused about other potential sources of economic aid such ascropinsuranceprograms.
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Some farm programs, such ascropinsuranceand marketing loans, can increase production of certain commodities because of greater expected returns per unit of production27.
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They also make a case for income guaranteecropinsuranceprograms and federal cost-share programs that could help farmers' transition to lower chemical use.
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Several said that their crop and market diversification is their 'cropinsurance'.
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These sums performed the function ofcropinsuranceand were especially attractive to cultivators most at risk.
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Most fruit and vegetable producers participating in the focus groups had little knowledge ofcropinsurance.
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They said that other risk management practices are better suited to their operations thancropinsurance.
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Federally subsidizedcropinsurancemay be especially important for some farmers during the initial transition period.
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Organic farmers expressed interest in havingcropinsuranceavailable for a wider variety of crops.
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The organic grain and cotton producers had used federally subsidizedcropinsuranceto manage these risks.
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When provided with basic information aboutcropinsurance, operators of small fruit and vegetable farms were skeptical about its usefulness for their type of operation.
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Several said that the problem withcropinsuranceis that the coverage does not reflect higher prices received for organically produced crops.
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Farm commodity programs and federalcropinsuranceprograms promote market-driven crop rotations of corn and soybeans.
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The organic specialty crop producers had far less experience with federally subsidizedcropinsurance, which has only recently been offered to this type of producer, conventional or organic.
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None had purchased federalcropinsurance.
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Several farmers expressed a perception that insurance programs cater to the 'big boys', and oversupply in markets was a greater concern for them than the risks covered bycropinsurance.
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Producer experience withcropinsurancewas the greatest among organic field-crop producers, because federalcropinsurancehas been offered to field-crop producers for a long time.
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Other applications have been developed to promote provision ofcropinsurancethrough input dealers, for example.
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Tenants often preferred the safety of sharecropping to the hazards (and higher returns) of cash rental, and showed an interest incropinsurance.
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In the 20th century,cropinsurance, new conservation techniques, and large-scale federal aid all lowered the risk.
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