Farmers warned to buy insurance after dry winter

Officials warned farmers on Thursday to buy crop insurance before the deadline next month, the Pioneer Press reported.
Many are concerned as to what the effect of the exceptionally dry winter in Minnesota and other midwestern states will be on agriculture. Though farmers should be worried, there is still time for precipitation before spring planting, Greg Spoden of the Minnesota State Climatology Office said, according to Kare 11.
"I don't mean to imply that disaster is imminent," Spoden said. "It just means it's prudent to start to prepare for that possibility," according to the Pioneer Press.
The lack of precipitation this winter is a clear contrast from last year when farmers were concerned with spring flooding rather than a drought.
The warning comes at a time when farmers were expecting another good year for crop prices, according to the Pioneer Press.