What is PRF? PRF stands for Pasture, Rangeland, and Forage. This product is designed to compensate a farmer for reduced haying/grazing from a lack of normal rainfall. Â How does the coverage work? Claims are based off precipitation totals in a gridded area. Below you can see the average rainfall for Ackley, IA by interval. [...]
2023 Margin Protection Prices Corn $6.11 Soybeans $13.56 Â Margin Protection can be purchased through September 30th.
Have you sold grain for 2023? Have you purchased majority of inputs for 2023? Â Answering these questions will help you determine if Margin Protection makes sense for you. Review the 4 scenarios below: Â SOLD GRAIN & PURCHASED INPUTS You have captured your margin You need bushels for delivery You would be fine to [...]
What is your risk heading into next season? Price Yield Input Costs Margin Protection can help you manage these risks. Price: Margin Protection allows you to lock in a price during August/September prior to the crop year, instead of waiting until federal crop insurance price discovery in February. In the fall, you are beginning to [...]
Below is a chart showing the expected county yields used in the Margin Protection product in 2023.
What are you doing for price protection? The volatility in the market right can easily swing prices in one direction or the other very quickly. Margin Protection allows you to obtain a projected price in August/September ahead of the next season's crop. For federal crop insurance, the projected price is not set until February of [...]
We are excited to announce that Rich Bales has joined our team in our Altoona Office. Rich brings years of sales and consulting experience, making him a huge asset to our team and our clients. Rich was born and raised in Southeast, IA. After high school, he studied Kinesiology at Iowa State University while he [...]
It has been almost 1 year since farmers purchased Margin Protection for the 2022 crop. At that time, corn prices were on the rise and locking in $5 corn looked very attractive heading into harvest. The fear of increasing input costs also weighed on many minds. Then February rolled around and corn prices were still [...]
What's the difference between green snap, wind, and extra harvest expense coverage? Green Snap Green snap provides coverage for a broken or severed stalk at a node above the brace roots and below the ear. Wind Wind provides coverage for flattening, bending, or breaking of the stalk. Extra Harvest Expense Extra harvest expense coverage provides [...]
Below is the expected yield compared to the final county yield for the 2021 crop.
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