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Scorched but Insured: Extreme Heat Roasts Vegetables and Pulses in 2024
Note: Effective April 2025, Vegetable and Pulses Outlook will publish at 2:00 p.m. ET.
In late July, temperatures reached 10 degrees (or more) above normal in parts of California’s North Coast, the Central Coast, the Sacramento Valley, the San Joaquin Valley, and the Cascade-Sierra Mountains. As of November 2024, USDA’s Risk Management Agency had earmarked over $22 million for crop losses incurred by California’s vegetable and pulse producers during June, July, and August of 2024. This is 27 percent more than the $17.8 million in heat related indemnity payments allocated for the same period in 2023, and 67 percent more than the 5-year average ($13.6 million).
