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Schumer calls for USDA to establish crop insurance for CNY farmers who grow malt barley

CAZENOVIA, N.Y. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) should establish a crop-insurance program for Central New York farmers who grow malt barley, according to U.S. Senator Charles Schumer (D–N.Y.). Malt barley is a crop that is “crucial to the continued growth of the area’s burgeoning craft-beer industry,” the senator said during a visit Thursday

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