Rising labour, land and fertilizer costs coupled with volatile grain prices has only increased the need for insurance.

Rising labor, land and fertilizer costs coupled with volatile grain prices has only increased the need for insurance.

But volatile grain prices have prompted landowners to get creative, with many adding "variable" clauses to 2015 leases.

The company suffered alongside many of its peers last year as volatile grain markets sapped trading profits, although it fared better than some.