After I had finished haying I turned in my production numbers to the Insurance agent for our crop production records. I never gave much thought to the situation. I had other things I was doing. Yesterday an Insurance adjuster came out to settle with me on the hay loss.<br />n<br />nI had enough of a loss for insurance to kick in? I had no idea. I knew my production was way down but with the year old hay I am carrying I wasn't to concerned about it. Like I said , the only reason I turned in the production figures was for the crop production records in case I would ever have a claim to file.<br />n<br />nI went with the Insurance adjuster and she looked the situation over and informed me with the buy up I had I was short 265 tons of hay and would be receiving an insurance payment. You could have floored me. I guess insurance does pay out once in a while. now that I say that I should point out the past 5 out of 6 years I have received an insurance payout of some kind on my hay so in a way until the weather cycle changes, getting the insurance is a no-brainer.<br />n<br />n<strong>The politics of surprise leads through the Gates of Astonishment into the Kingdom of Hope. Max Lerner</strong>