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How do you save on food?

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COLBY, KS - AUGUST 24: Dry stalks of corn, ravaged by drought, stand in a failed corn field on August 24, 2012 near Colby, Kansas. The record-breaking drought, which has affected more than half of the continental United States, is expected to drive up food prices by 2013 due to lower crop harvests and the adverse effect on the nation's cattle industry. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

A summer of excessive heat and drought around the world has led food prices toward a late-summer spike and has caused a leading global humanitarian group to warn of higher food costs in years to come. The 2012 drought is affecting nearly 80 percent of the United States’ agricultural land, and consumers will feel the effects… Read more »

Farmers: Is Crop Insurance Working For You?

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Farmer Marion Kujawa looks over an ear of corn picked from one of his fields this week near Ashley, Ill. According to the Illinois Farm Bureau the state is experiencing its sixth driest year on record. (Photo by Scott Olson | Getty Images)

Crop insurance programs get attention when weather conditions are dreadful or Congress is debating a new Farm Bill, but few people who aren’t involved in agriculture understand it at all. Help us explain what even non-farmers should know about it.