Ruth Gerdes has never forgotten the years when massive droughts almost cost her and her husband their farm. Realizing that her family was paying thousands of dollars for an insurance policy that wasn't working, Gerdes began her career in crop insurance at an independent agency in Auburn, Nebraska. Today, she is one of the most knowledgeable and respected agents in the United States specializing in multiple-peril crop insurance and services policies.
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All eyes will be on New Orleans this New Year's Day as the University of Cincinnati Bearcats defend their perfect season against the Florida Gators in the Sugar Bowl. And while their beloved LSU Tigers will be nearly 650 miles away in Orlando, most people from south Louisiana will still tune in to support the Sugar Bowl and the crop it represents.
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I met many wonderful people on my journey through the West Texas farmlands, but few as remarkable as Beth Clanton. Eleven years ago, Clanton was a second grade school teacher in Seminole, Texas. Her husband was a peanut and cotton farmer, and together, they had two daughters.
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To his friends and family, Pat Benedict is a soft-spoken farmer from a small town in Minnesota. Few are even aware Benedict is an icon of modern agriculture. In 1978, he appeared on the cover of TIME magazine for an article dubbed "The New U.S. Farmer."
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Noel Shapiro's family has seen their share of ruthless dictators. As a young boy, Noel and his family fled Poland over fears of an invasion from Adolf Hitler's Nazi Germany. This came just one generation after the Shapiros left Russia when Vladimir Lenin took control.
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An elected official, Terry Wanzek is well known and well liked around North Dakota. In fact, the state senator from Jamestown has represented the people of the 29th district since 1995—except for one interrupted term in 2005.
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Barry Evans is far from a rich corporate mogul, but gets called one nearly every day by the handful of zealots who seemingly want to return to the days of mule-drawn plows.
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