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		<title>The Rise in Cattle Rustling: 9 Herd Saving Tips</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you didn’t know what year it was, you’d think you were back in the wild west. That’s because cattle rustling, once a thing of movies and nostalgia, has made a disturbing comeback. From Oregon to Texas and all across the Midwest, farm owners are having cattle stolen at an alarming rate. One farmer in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.insureyourfarm.com/blog/the-rise-in-cattle-rustling-9-herd-saving-tips/</link>
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		<title>Know your limits!  7.5 questions that will help protect your farm from being underinsured</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When you first purchased that farm insurance policy, you most likely worked with a farm insurance broker who reviewed your business practices, the risks and potential loss exposures, and your insurance premium budget. If that was more than a year ago, you’re well overdue for a review of your coverage. That’s because economic conditions, business [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Biosecurity: Hoof and Mouth Disease in the Headlines &#8211; Preventing Outbreaks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[News out of North and South Korea has once again put foot-and-mouth disease in the headlines. All of the country’s 84 livestock markets closed December 1, 2010 due to an outbreak of the disease in one of  South Korea’s northern provinces. As of January 18th, 2011, the disease had been confirmed on 188 farms in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.insureyourfarm.com/blog/biosecurity-hoof-and-mouth-disease-in-the-headlines-preventing-outbreaks/</link>
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		<title>Locavores &#8211; 100 Mile Hunter &#8211; Gatherers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As the country spent the latter part of August amid an egg recall, the push was on for consumers to buy local. In an already tight economy, farmers can open up new markets right around the corner from their own farms. In Pennsylvania, local farmers have cultivated strategic partnerships with local grocery stores and have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.insureyourfarm.com/blog/locavores-100-mile-hunter-gatherers/</link>
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		<title>When the egg production business isn’t all it’s cracked up to be </title>
		<description><![CDATA[Who’d have thought so much risk could be attached to egg production? Chickens, eggs, automation, transport, and product safety are but a few of the many areas of loss potential for egg producers. Where there’s a commercial operation, there’s the chance that something could go wrong. Understanding the risks involved in your egg production operations [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.insureyourfarm.com/blog/when-the-egg-production-business-isn%e2%80%99t-all-it%e2%80%99s-cracked-up-to-be/</link>
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		<title>How Safe Are Guests at Your Petting Zoo?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Now that the E coli virus has ripped through the UK and has left in its wake widespread illness and plenty of finger pointing, authorities are being questioned on why it took them so long to respond. The 0157 e coli strain, which could lead to fatalities, was the worst outbreak in UK history, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.insureyourfarm.com/blog/how-safe-are-guests-at-your-petting-zoo/</link>
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		<title>Running A-fowl of the Law</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Running a farm operation requires walking a fine line sometimes between business operations and regulations. While most farm owners do a great job maintaining proper operating procedures and animal handling, some farmers find themselves cutting corners that put them squarely at odd with regulators and animal rights activists. One Maine-based farm found themselves paying large [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.insureyourfarm.com/blog/running-a-fowl-of-the-law/</link>
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		<title>Deer Damage and Crop Loss in Agribusiness</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s not just crop growers who have to be concerned with the damages caused by deer. Livestock growers feel the effects of the Bambi invasion nearly as heavily as do those farmers raising cash crops. Deer not only chew through feed crops and water supplies, they bring down fences and introduce disease to livestock. How [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.insureyourfarm.com/blog/deer-damage-and-crop-loss-in-agribusiness/</link>
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		<title>Price Fixing in Tomato Land &#8211; Is your Agribusiness Safe from Antitrust Charges?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When you hear the word “antitrust” it’s often associated with large corporations such as airlines, software companies, and financial corporations. Until recently, no one would have thought that antitrust laws would be breached at the agribusiness level. Yet that’s exactly what one former tomato grower is charged with. Frederick Scott Salyer has pleaded not guilty [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.insureyourfarm.com/blog/price-fixing-in-tomato-land-is-your-agribusiness-safe-from-antitrust-charges/</link>
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		<title>6 Things You Can Do to Cope With The $6.9B Crop Insurance Hole</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Farmers used to adopting their risk management plan around a federal failsafe may soon find that failsafe gone. That’s because the current USDA negotiating draft of the Standard Reinsurance Agreement has a huge hole in it the size of $6.9 billion. The proposed cuts come from the crop insurance program and are three times that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.insureyourfarm.com/blog/6-things-you-can-do-to-cope-with-the-6-9b-crop-insurance-hole/</link>
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