As we continue (hopefully) to recover from the crazy year of 2020 and wrap up planting for 2021 we need to wrap up a few details for crop insurance. With the dramatically higher prices this year, the value of our crops is much higher, and you need to decide on how to protect these much […]
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In true RMA fashion, another new program has been released. The Pandemic Cover Crop Program (PCCP) will provide a $5 per acre discount on your spring crop insurance premium for cover crops planted for the 2021 crop year. Producers will need to certify your cover crops by June 15th with FSA, this is the standard certification date
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What do you love about PRF? “No records to keep.” – Dale At Midplains Ag, we’ve been thinking of what else we can share about PRF (pasture, range, forage) coverage. Today, we wanted to dig into how the weather has been for 2021 and how this can affect your PRF policy. 2021 WEATHER June-July
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With recent wind warnings and events, we felt it was a very pertinent time to share this information. From Richard’s desk: It’s been about 6 years since we started to see the upward pressure on hail and wind insurance rates in Nebraska and that pressure will continue. We have heard rumors that one
MOST OF OUR INSURANCE CLAIMS THIS YEAR WERE FOR WIND LOSSES. ARE YOU COVERED? Read More »
WONDERING WHAT TO DO ABOUT THE RISING COST OF FERTILIZER? WE’VE GOT A SOLUTION.👇 From Richard’s desk: While the environmental problems associated with the use of nitrogen fertilizer have been recognized for a long time, the economic value of nitrogen fertilizer has never been questioned. However, over the past few months there has
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WHAT’S THE BEST SOLUTION FOR NITROGEN MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES? From Richard’s desk: As I mentioned in my last nitrogen blog, for various reasons nitrogen is a difficult nutrient to precisely manage. Crop available nitrogen or nitrates are mobile nutrients that do not attach to soil particles. Because nitrates are soluble, any time water moves
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Reposted with permission from our partner Sentinel Fertigation Sentinel Fertigation was founded to scale fertigation management technology developed at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln for the ultimate benefit of farm operations that fertigate. This blog post introduces Sentinel Fertigation through the origin of our name and is the first blog post in a series
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Reposted with permission from our partner Sentinel Fertigation If you’ve listened to the radio in rural Nebraska over the past few months or follow many folks in the agriculture community on Twitter, you’re probably aware that nitrogen management is a top-of-mind issue for farmers in the 2022 growing season. Not only are there concerns about
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Reposted with permission from our partner Sentinel Fertigation Incredible amounts of data are captured through agricultural operations each growing season. In 2017, Ohio State University master’s student Trey Colley and his advisor Dr. John Fulton collected 18.5 GB of data on a single corn plant. If I recall correctly, other presentations from Dr. Fulton have
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Our annual meeting will be held on February 15 at the K of C Hall in Elgin with a meal being served at 6 pm. The interesting agenda planned includes covering markets, crop insurance, fertilizer, herbicides, and nitrogen management. Managing these issues wisely will be especially important this year. Markets are always an interesting topic, and we will have
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