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Enrollment Begins for Agriculture Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage Programs for 2021

October 14, 2020 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

Source: USDA

Agricultural producers can now make elections and enroll in the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs for the 2021 crop year.

Growers Shouldn't Change Planting Plans Due to COVID-19 Market Volatility

March 20, 2020 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

Source: North Dakota State University Extension

The current markets aren't a good basis for making decisions about planting says a crop economist at North Dakota State University Extension.

NDSU Extension Projects Commodity Prices for 2019

Get a head start on planning with 2019 livestock and crop price projections.

January 18, 2019 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

Source: NDSU

Planning for the future can be a very frustrating process especially in times of tariffs and market volatility. Planning typically pays high dividends. For
most farm and ranch managers, developing realistic commodity price expectations is one of the most difficult and complex tasks of the planning process.

Revised 2018 Corn and Soybean Budgets

April 10, 2018 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

Source: Farm Doc Daily

Budgets for 2018 depict a low to negative return environment for corn and soybean production in 2018. These projections do not differ greatly from projections made in 2016 and 2017. Soybeans are projected to be more profitable than corn.

Plan to Boost Your Soil Health Knowledge at 2017 No-till on the Plains Winter Conference

By John Dobberstein posted on September 28, 2016

Make plans to attend the 21st annual No-till on the Plains Winter Conference, Jan. 24-25, 2017, in Salina, Kan. Choose from 55 sessions from 35 of the soil health field’s top speakers. That’s more breakout sessions than ever before.

Profit Isn't Just About Cost Per Acre

October 31, 2015 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

Source: Purdue University Extension

Corn and soybean growers should not scrimp on crop inputs because of lower grain prices and tightening profit margins, a Purdue University agricultural economist says.

Budgeting for $4 Corn and $9.25 Soybeans in 2016

August 7, 2015 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Crop Protection, Nutrient Management

Net incomes are projected to be very low for 2016. Substantial cost cuts will need to occur to have positive incomes next year, says University of Illinois.

Corn, Soybean Returns Go Negative In 2009

September 21, 2009 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

University of Illinois economists project net no-till farm operator returns for 2009 at minus $8 per acre for corn and minus $15 per acre for soybeans, the first negative returns for the decades beginning 1990 and 2000.

Move Cautiously If You Want To No-Till Expiring CRP Land

Additional acreage could become available, but is it worth the cost to farm? Here are tips on finding the land and determining its suitability for no-till cropping.

By Mark Moore posted on October 1, 2007 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

Booming prices for corn and soybeans have no-tillers looking to add additional acreage, and one source that might become available is expiring Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) acreage. From Oct. 1, 2007, to Oct. 1, 2010, more than 13.4 million acres are scheduled to come out of the program.

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