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Posted Mon Sep 2 2013: from Grist: U.S. government paid $17 billion for weather-withered crops last year http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1378131033 Desiccated corn and sun-scorched soybeans have been in high supply lately -- and we're paying through the nose for them. The federal government forked out a record-breaking $17.3 billion last year to compensate farmers for weather-related crop losses -- more than four times the annual average over the last decade. The losses were mostly caused by droughts, high temperatures, and hot winds -- the sizzling harbingers of a climate in rapid flux. [Read more stories about: anthropogenic change, climate impacts, corporate farming, food crisis, global warming, weather extremes, drought] This item will appear in our PANIQuiz! New!: No reader quips yet -- be the first! Got a PaniQuip? Your Quip (limit 140 characters, no links, just wit): First name: The text shown in the Web image to the right: We reserve the right to reuse, remove, or refuse any entry.

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