When it comes to the grain markets, having a solid marketing plan is key to managing the risks you face as a producer. Some customers have been waiting for the markets to provide a more attractive opportunity, but there's no guarantee a better opportunity will come.

Crop Hail is an additional Risk Management tool that works in conjunction with your Multi-Peril Crop Insurance (MPCI) Policy. Crop Hail is not a replacement for your MPCI Policy but provides coverage for the revenue not covered by your traditional MPCI Policy. 

As we welcome 2024, we do so with some encouraging rains in the ground and a blanket of snow covering most of the region. We also have optimism in the weather outlook that we might finally break the drought that has created challenging growing conditions. 

As we look ahead to the 2024 crop year many decisions loom in the not-so-distant future. Federal Crop Insurance, Coverage levels, unit structures, and whether to add SCO or ECO must be selected for the 2024 season prior to the September 30 deadline.

The USDA end-of-June acreage and stocks report excited the soybean bulls. The most notable number on the report was soybean acreage reported at 83.5 million bushels, down five percent from last year. On the grain stocks side of the report, 796 million bushels of beans are in stor...

AGTRAX Bin Management Software tracks quality for all locations

The potential for the most combined planted acres of corn, beans, and wheat since 2014 (229.4 million), and very contradicting moisture stories across the country, have producers concerned with both upside and downside potential in the ag markets.  

Price discovery is the mechanism used to establish the base price and harvest price for each crop insured by Federal Crop Insurance. Learn more about base price and what to expect in 2023.

Read about the soybean market and what to expect in the 2023 crop year.

Take a dive into the current market (1/12/2023) with director of sales Scotty Yerges.