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 [...]

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.

What is Livestock Risk Protection? Livestock Risk Protection (LRP) is customizable price protection for cattle and hogs. How does Livestock Risk Protection work?  You have the opportunity to lock in a coverage price based on the futures closing price. You select the number of head, expected selling weight, and expected selling date. If the actual [...]

Revenue Protection (RP) Based on an APH yield of 200, 80% Revenue Protection provides 160 bushel guarantee. With no other coverage, there is a bushel deductible of 40 bushels per acre. You can see this illustrated in the first bar. Supplemental Coverage Option (SCO) SCO is a county based coverage that starts where Revenue Protection [...]

PACE (Post Application Coverage Endorsement) is a new crop insurance product for 2021. This coverage is for crop operations that use split nitrogen applications. If wet weather or an insurable cause of loss prevent the post nitrogen application from the V3-V10 growth stages, an insurance claim would trigger to pay for potential yield decreases due [...]

2022 Projected Prices for corn and soybeans are expected to be approximately $1 higher than in 2021. The 2022 December corn futures is tracking around $5.50 and November soybean futures around $13.00. What does this mean for Revenue Protection? In regards to coverage, a 200 APH with 85% RP coverage would have a $935 guarantee. [...]

Time to make Farm Bill elections for the 2022-23 season. Should you elect ARC-CO or PLC? ARC-CO Below is a brief overview of ARC-CO. The table shows the Olympic Yield and Trigger Yield for each county based on an estimated Marketing Year Average Price of $4.80 for corn and $10.50 for soybeans. It also shows [...]