In livestock production, you want to make sure you can manage your losses as well as your profits.

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Once people are more aware of it, I think they will discover it's a pretty good program.

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Since the oil market now is controlled essentially by speculative forces, and speculative forces respond to events that may happen _ rather than what happens _ I think we have already seen the impact of the Iranian activity.

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The fact that they didn't get all the fields sold is evidence that either the trust or the terms are not what (investors) are comfortable with.

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You are guarding yourself against a catastrophic event. BSE is a good example of that. You have some protection but you still can't ensure a profit with LRP.

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We don't take lightly missing those two particular targets.

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You don't want to put money into a place if it's going to be gobbled up by change in the regime or change in the laws. If Morales wants any chance for foreign investment, he has to change his tune.

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Even if the company you buy the insurance through can't pay you, the USDA will make sure you get paid. There is also the provision the USDA can cut off sales, as in December 2003. This is something you need to consider ahead of time because, as they say, you can't wait for the house to be on fire to buy home insurance.

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