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This rainy spring made it difficult for farmers to plant crops, and that means many farmers are turning to crop insurance.

Matt Thelen, crop insurance specialist for the Michigan Farm Bureau, says about 80% of Michigan farmers have crop insurance.

When we’re dealing¹ with a spring like this, there's so many farmers that can't yet get a crop in the ground and that affects their revenue and their livelihood², Thelen says. Paying crop insurance thankfully is one of the saving graces so they can have enough to farm the next year.

Thelen says he's received about 13 times more claims this year than normal. He says the insurance is cost effective, costing about $7 to $15 per acre for insurance.

It's definitely going to get some of the farmers that have never use crop insurance before thinking twice about moving forward without some sort of kind of baseline protection, he says. The weather patterns nowadays have been so volatile³ that there's many more risks when you put a crop in the field.

You can listen to Matt Thelen's full interview with Stateside in the audio file above.

1 dealing   

n.经商方法，待人态度

参考例句：

• This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
• His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。

2 livelihood   

n.生计，谋生之道

参考例句：

• Appropriate arrangements will be made for their work and livelihood.他们的工作和生活会得到妥善安排。
• My father gained a bare livelihood of family by his own hands.父亲靠自己的双手勉强维持家计。

3 volatile   

adj.反复无常的，挥发性的，稍纵即逝的，脾气火爆的；n.挥发性物质

参考例句：

• With the markets being so volatile,investments are at great risk.由于市场那么变化不定，投资冒着很大的风险。
• His character was weak and volatile.他这个人意志薄弱，喜怒无常。