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Cover Crops Eligible for USDA FSA Market Facilitation Program Payments

July 25, 2019 | Posted in Cover Crops

USDA officials held a conference call on July 25 announcing further details of the $16 billion package to support American farmers. One of the highlights was new information on the Market Facilitation Program (MFP).

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Crop Progress Continues to Lag; Little Change in Corn & Soybeans Condition

July 22, 2019 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

USDA noted little change in the overall condition of U.S. corn and soybeans in its July 22 report, but neither crop has been able to close much of the gap when it comes to their maturity levels.

Corn & Soybean Maturity Significantly Behind 5-Year Average for Mid-July

July 16, 2019 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

Only 17% of this year's corn crop is silking and only 22% of soybeans are blooming.

Corn & Soybean Crops Continue to Lag Typical Pace

July 9, 2019 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

For all intent and purposes, all of the 2019 U.S. corn and soybean crops that will be planted are in the ground, but the overall progress of this year’s crops continues to trail where they would typically be at this point.

USDA Adds Flexibility for Cover Crop Management in Crop Year 2020

June 28, 2019 | Posted in Cover Crops

Source: USDA press release

A press release from USDA explains how the 2018 Farm Bill mandated changes to the treatment of cover crops, including adding more flexibility to when cover crops must be terminated while remaining eligible for crop insurance.

USDA Reports 96% of Corn Planted, 85% of Soybeans

June 24, 2019 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

USDA is reporting that only 4% of corn acres and 15% of soybeans are still to be planted as of June 23, 2019. Farmers managed to get another 4% of their corn in the ground in the past week, taking the total percentage of acres planted to 96% (vs. 92% the previous week).

USDA-RMA Announces Change to Haying and Grazing Date for Prevent Plant Acres in 2019

June 21, 2019 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Cover Crops, Soil Health

Source: USDA-RMA

Farmers who planted cover crops on prevented plant acres will be permitted to hay, graze or chop those fields earlier than November this year, the USDA announced.

8% of Corn Acres Remain to Be Planted; 23% of Soybeans

June 18, 2019 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

As of June 16, 92% of U.S. corn was in the ground and 77% of soybeans had been planted. Both remain far behind the normal pace of planting and a high level of uncertainty remains about how much corn will actually get planting at this late date.

USDA Announces Kansas City Region as the New Home for ERS and NIFA

Move puts ERS, NIFA closer to customers, expected to save nearly $300 million nominally.

June 13, 2019

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will relocate the Economic Research Service (ERS) and National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) to the Kansas City Region.

USDA Exploring MFP Payments for Cover Crop Forages on Prevent-Plant Acres

By John Dobberstein posted on June 11, 2019 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

In light of widespread prevented planting, USDA is mulling Market Facilitation Program (MFP) payments for struggling producers who plant an MFP-eligible cover crop that has the potential to be harvested and used as forage, says Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue.

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