Crop Insurance Bad Faith: Protection for America's Farmers
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Marzen, Chad G.
Issue Date
2013
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Journal Article
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FIRST PARAGRAPH(S)|The Great Depression, one of the most tumultuous times in American history, still evokes many vivid memories and images. The 1929 stock market collapse, the collapse of the banking system, bread lines, "Hoovervilles," and the devastation of crops during the "Dust Bowl" are only memories to today's older generation. However, these are not-so-distant memories still shared with successive generations. In particular, the Depression devastated agricultural interests. The combination of the worst drought in American history and poor agricultural practices led to disaster among America's farmers; in 1934, at the height of the drought, virtually thirty percent of all Americans lived on farms. With the devastation of crops throughout the South and Midwest, unemployment rates in the Plains States skyrocketed in the early 1930s and farm families moved to the western states, such as Oregon, Washington, and California...
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46 Creighton L. Rev. 619 (2012-2013)
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Creighton University School of Law