Environmental Working Group Analysis: In the Mississippi River Region, the Climate Crisis Helped Run Up a $39.5B Taxpayer Bill for Crop Insurance Premiums
May 12, 2022
May 12, 2022
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, May 12 (TNSRes) -- The Environmental Working Group issued the following news release:
Crop insurance premium subsidies in the Mississippi River region cost taxpayers almost $39.5 billion between 2001 and 2020, a new Environmental Working Group analysis of Department of Agriculture data finds.
Total premium subsidies increased during that 20-year period by almost 260 percent - from $656.7 million to $2.3 billion. The USDA's Crop Insurance Pro . . .
Crop insurance premium subsidies in the Mississippi River region cost taxpayers almost $39.5 billion between 2001 and 2020, a new Environmental Working Group analysis of Department of Agriculture data finds.
Total premium subsidies increased during that 20-year period by almost 260 percent - from $656.7 million to $2.3 billion. The USDA's Crop Insurance Pro . . .