How to Falsify Weather Station Data
17 hours ago Kip Hansen 27 Comments
News Brief by Kip Hansen — 5 March 2024 — 600 words/3 minutes
This is a true story.
Two guys in Colorado took advantage of certain type of crop insurance, as explained by U.S. Attorney Cole Finegan: ”One way the United States Department of Agriculture supports farmers and ranchers is by providing federal funding for crop insurance programs that pay indemnities when there is less than the usual amount of precipitation.” [ source ]
BBS news reports:
“The scheme was designed to benefit Jagers [and a fellow named Esch] through his crop insurance, the Rainfall Index Annual Forage Insurance Plan, which is one of several agriculture subsidies administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Federal Crop Insurance Program.
Federal crop insurance is typically sold through private insurance companies who are subsequently reimbursed by the federal government. The Rainfall Index plan covers annual crops and “is focused on the amount of precipitation, not on actual crop production,” as described by prosecutors in a case document. “This means that a farmer can receive a payment when precipitation is below the historical normal level even if the relevant farmland suffers no loss in productivity.”
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