Crop Planning
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Farm Programs: Crop insurance considerations as varied as available options
The level of insurance coverage can result in some producers receiving crop insurance indemnity payments, while other producers receive no indemnity payments, even though both producers had the same guarantee and the same final yield.
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MDA offers help to farmers with grain storage shortages
The Minnesota Department of Agriculture is linking up farmers who lost storage facilities due to summer storms with those who may have storage space available. The MDA has established a free online service where farmers needing storage can find a listing of farmers offering storage bins, buildings or space.
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Farm Programs: Biofuels industry hangs on words of Congress, EPA
Future development and expansion of the biofuels industry, particularly the ethanol industry, could be in trouble, if Congress and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency continue to delay ethanol blends beyond the current maximum of 10 percent in the United States.
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Farm Programs: Sign-up deadline for 2010 ACRE program June 1
Farm operators and land owners have until June 1 to sign-up for the ACRE program at county Farm Service Agency offices. Even if producers do not plan to enroll in the ACRE program, they need to enroll in the 2010 Direct and Counter-Cyclical Payment farm program by June 1 at their county FSA office, in order to receive their 2010 direct payments on eligible crops.
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Farm Programs: ACRE program decisions for 2010; deadline June 1
The Average Crop Revenue Election Program was implemented by the U.S. Department of Agriculture for the 2009 crop year, as part of the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 (a.k.a. the new farm bill).
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RFA: Reports show ample corn supply for all uses
Two reports released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture today — the annual “Prospective Plantings” report and the quarterly grain stocks report — contain some interesting information as it pertains to ethanol, corn supplies and land use.
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Residual value — How much is field trash worth?
Maybe we need to think more positively about trash. We’re talking trash as residue left on fields after harvest, or any time as a matter of fact. Does it have value?
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Better machinery makes continuous corn work
Equipment industry has responded to the movement toward more conservation tillage.
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No-till benefits add up with diesel fuel savings
Less field time, virtually zero erosion, improved soil quality and as good or better yields are four solid reasons for considering no-till (including strip till and ridge till) farming.
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Opinions differ on if, when rolling fields is right
The question keeps surfacing: Is rolling my fields sensible? And, if so, when do I roll?
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