BOONE, Iowa — Unlike most of his Iowa neighbors, farmer Dick Thompson isn't expecting the US government to help him survive the drought.
和他的鄰居不同,Dick Thompson并不希望依靠美國政府的資助 。
While others depend upon federally subsidized crop insurance, Thompson relies on old-fashioned farming methods to see him through.
其他的農戶紛紛靠政府的資助熬過旱季,而Thompson卻依照老式的耕作方法來度過旱季 。
As drought scorches U.S. corn and soybean harvests, most American farmers protect themselves from major financial losses with federally subsidized crop insurance. This year's insurance payouts are expected to top last year's $10.8 billion in damage from droughts and floods.
干旱造成美國玉米作物枯萎,黃豆豐收 。大部分的美國農民通過政府的保險來降低自己的經濟損失 。由于旱澇災害,今天的保險理賠金額超過了去年的108億美元達到歷史最高 。