Record Hail Damage In 2013: Montana Farmers
Insurance claims for crop damage due to hail in Montana exceeded $14 million in 2013.
The Montana Department of Agriculture told the Great Falls Tribune that’s the most expensive year in the 98-year-history of the state’s crop-hail insurance program.
The agency’s hail board on Friday as a result announced that the state’s hail insurance program will not offer refunds this year.
Board Chairman Gary Gollehon says 2013 might have been a once-in-a-lifetime year, but the crop-hail insurance program has to be prepared if another bad year happens.
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