When Does It Pay to Use Seed Treatments?
Questions and answers. Sometimes the process is simple, sometimes not so much. Asking my black labs if they want to…
Farm Families Face Another Brutal Year
As farmers across the country prepare for the 2019 planting season, the one question on everyone’s minds seems to be:…
Expected Corn Versus Soybean Returns in 2019
Attention is beginning to focus on planting decisions of farmers in 2019, with some speculation that acres will shift from…
RMA Administrator-No Hemp Coverage Currently, New Enterprise Coverage Coming
Martin Barbre, the administrator of the Agriculture Department’s Risk Management Agency, told the crop insurance industry on Monday that agents…
Is the World More Reliant on Ag Trade?
We previously took a look at global trends in ag trade and considered how much trade contributed to total global corn,…
Storms Push California Snowpack Above April 1 Average
The most recent storms that swept through California enabled statewide snow-water equivalents to exceed their averages for April 1, which…
Corn Acreage in 2019
Corn prices, since the release of the February USDA reports, remain relatively flat. The potential for increased corn production in…
This Is National FFA Week!
Agriculture is part of our daily lives-from the food we eat to the clothes we wear. On Saturday, nearly 670,000…
Crop Insurance Sets Record, Saves Money, Protects America’s Heartland in 2018
More than 334 million acres of farmland were protected by crop insurance in 2018, a 20 million acre increase over…
World, U.S. and Arkansas Rice Fundamentals Weighing Heavy on Price
The 2018/19 long grain rice ending stocks are estimated at 34.8 million cwt., 60 percent above 2017/18 and the 2nd…