Crop Insurance Episodes
Every Ag View Pitch conversation on crop insurance — summaries, key takeaways, and full transcripts.
Episode 524
Pre-harvest price prospects: weekly market outlook Aug. 21-25th
Duane Lowry explains why a pre-harvest rally is a peak to sell from, and how high interest rates change whether storing bushels can pay at all.
Episode 520
The dog days of August: weekly market outlook Aug. 7-11th
Joe Vaclavik explains why the dollar price per bushel is nearly irrelevant, how to treat crop insurance as a put, and why headlines defy prediction.
Episode 514
Weekly market outlook, July 10-14th: $5 corn is the top with more than 10% stocks to use
Clark Neighbors shows how stocks to use above ten percent has capped harvest corn near five dollars, and why crop insurance stalls farmer selling.
Episode 508
Weather vs sluggish demand
Jarod Creed splits farmers into two camps by insurance coverage and shows why the right marketing move depends on which side of that line you sit on.
Episode 501
Weekly market outlook: May 8-12th - planting season continues
Jarod Creed explains how the insurance guarantee sets your real downside, and why a recession bet in the futures market is not a fundamental signal.
Episode 499
Weekly market outlook, May 1-5th: markets under pressure
Matt Bennett on why aggressive sales still need flexibility, how crop insurance sets your floor, and why final yield changes your true breakeven.
Episode 485
March madness: weekly market outlook March 13-17th
Jarod Creed argues margin objectives beat price targets, explains why a blended average matters more than your last sale, and plans before planting.
Episode 481
Don't raise 230 bu corn to break even
Matt Bennett on the corn market dropping 27 cents in a week, $5.94 and $13.75 insurance prices, and why 240 bushel corn can still lose money in 2023.
Feb 2023
Valentine's Day and soybean sales: Sunday market outlook
Jarod Creed tells Shay Foulk why farmers should market for revenue rather than price, and why holding unsold bushels is a bet you chose to place.
Jan 2023
A powerhouse conversation at the Ag View Executive Business Conference
Joe Vaclavik, Ryan Moe and Jarod Creed break down corn versus soybean acre economics, the swing acres that actually move, and sticky cost structures.
Jan 2023
What's up in DC?
Jim Wiesemeyer on 2023 farm bill timing, why Title I is falling behind, the $1.1 trillion price tag, and waiting on the Supreme Court WOTUS ruling.
Jan 2023
Risk management navigation in 2023: crop insurance
Jon Scheets breaks down ERP Phase 2 filings, stacking ECO and SCO above an 85% RP policy, and how falling volatility could trim your 2023 premiums.
Jan 2023
Margin management marketing: weekly market outlook, Jan. 23-27
Matt Bennett of AgMarket.net explains why he markets off breakevens instead of forecasts, and how floors on half the crop protect a tight 2023 margin.
Nov 2022
Weekly market outlook: Nov. 28th-Dec. 2nd - time to put a bow on 2022 sales?
Jarod Creed argues for finishing 2022 sales early so attention shifts to 2023, where knowing costs and setting margin targets decide the year.
Nov 2022
Margin management math - weekly market outlook: Nov. 7-11th
Jarod Creed prices the interest on grain in the bin and shows how insurance coverage plus a third of the crop sold makes a margin nearly bulletproof.
Oct 2022
Weekly market outlook Oct. 17th-21st: the heart of a harvest market
Jarod Creed explains why harvest decisions hinge on basis, storage cost and insurance math, and Chris Barron lays out a six-step plan for next year.
Sep 2022
Time to manage risk: the clock is ticking for margin protection
Steve Johnson and Jarod Creed explain margin protection for the 2023 crop: the cost trigger, the $6.09 corn price, premiums, and the September 30 deadline.
Aug 2022
Crop tour? What now?
Jarod Creed reports from the 2022 Pro Farmer Crop Tour: Nebraska losses worth 2 to 3 bushels nationally, and why he pairs fertilizer buys with sales.
Aug 2022
2023 risk management update: margin protection explained
Steve Johnson explains margin protection: an area-based add-on with an August to September price discovery and a September 30 sign-up deadline.
Aug 2022
Weekly market outlook, Aug. 22-26: it's time to plan your pre-harvest marketing strategy
Jarod Creed explains pre-harvest what-if revenue math, how a lower price changes an insurance claim, and pairing fertilizer buys with grain sales.
Jul 2022
Weekly market outlook Jul. 18-22nd: weather and market volatility
Jarod Creed explains how to pull your schedule of insurance in July and price risk against guaranteed bushels when production confidence is low.
Jun 2022
Weekly market outlook: June 13-17th - keep attention on 2023
Jarod Creed shows why 2023 breakevens near $5.50 corn demand that you market inputs and grain together, and why moving grain fast cuts borrowing costs.
May 2022
ERP emergency relief program: $10 billion in relief aid
Paul Neiffer walks through ERP Phase 1: a 10 to 25 point bump on your crop insurance coverage level, premium added back, then multiplied by 75 percent.
May 2022
Planting progress improves slightly
Jarod Creed reframes crop insurance as guaranteed bushels you must price, and gives old crop a calendar deadline instead of a hopeful price target.
May 2022
Weekly market outlook, May 2nd-6th: will delayed planting drive grain markets even higher?
Joe Vaclavik separates what planting delays mean for farming from what they mean for price, and why peak uncertainty creates the best selling windows.
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