Crop Insurance Episodes
Every Ag View Pitch conversation on crop insurance — summaries, key takeaways, and full transcripts.
Apr 2022
Is it time to switch some soybean acres back to corn?
Jarod Creed explains scale-up selling, margin protection as a real marketing tool, and doing the math before you switch soybean acres back to corn.
Mar 2022
Weekly market outlook: Mar. 28 - Apr. 1st - rollercoaster ride without rails
Jarod Creed explains why risk means change, not just lower prices, and how margin protection can hedge a crop year no one could have forecast.
Mar 2022
Weekly market outlook: Mar. 7th-11th - Russia Ukraine conflict heats up the market
Duane Lowry explains how to roll put options up a rally, cap forward sales at your insurance coverage, and read basis when futures go vertical.
Feb 2022
10 minutes on 2022 crop insurance
Steve Johnson on 2022 crop insurance: $5.90 corn, $14.34 beans, saving $12 an acre by dropping to 80 percent RP, and adding SCO or ECO on top.
Feb 2022
Weekly market outlook: Feb. 21-25th - caution, uncertainty and volatility ahead
Duane Lowry compares February price spikes back to 2008 and shows why carryout, not the headline price, decides whether forward sales look smart.
Feb 2022
Weekly market outlook Feb. 14-18th: record price levels for crop insurance?
Peter Meyer explains why a record crop insurance guarantee is market information, and why today's high prices should worry you about later years.
Feb 2022
The February farmer: 3 things to do and know
Shay Foulk on nailing cost per bushel by February, stress testing it against lower prices, and judging crop insurance as a percent of production cost.
Jan 2022
Weekly market outlook: Jan 31 - Feb 4, a must-listen roundtable discussion
Duane Lowry moderates Jarod Creed, Ryan Moe and Joe Vaclavik on fund positioning, basis risk and building a marketing plan from a worst-case profit.
Dec 2021
Weekly market outlook Dec. 20-24th: what will 2022 bring?
Duane Lowry explains why record input costs raise the price of every marketing mistake, and why inflation alone will not hold commodity prices up.
Sep 2021
Key nuts and bolts for margin protection
Duane Lowry breaks down margin protection: a county-based 95% policy at a $5.06 corn price, why it beats an 80% RP policy, and the Sept. 30 deadline.
Sep 2021
Margin protection: pay attention, act now
Steve Johnson explains margin protection for 2022 corn and soybeans: the September 30 deadline, coverage levels, and how premiums really work.
Aug 2021
Weekly market outlook Aug. 9-13th: August 12th USDA report on the way
Jarod Creed shows how to stack cash sales, early-delivery premiums and margin protection so next year's crop is profitable before it is planted.
Jul 2021
Weekly market outlook: Jul. 19-23rd, weather continues to drive the corn and soybean markets
Mark Welch of Texas A&M shifts the marketing question from forecasting weather to what you already know: your cost, your yield, your breakeven.
Jul 2021
Weekly market outlook: Jul. 5-9th - will the fireworks continue?
Jarod Creed shows how to size summer sales off your crop insurance guarantee, pair a short hedge with a call, and stop guessing at the weather.
Jun 2021
Weekly market outlook: Jun 14-18th, weather markets heat up
Joe Vaclavik on why summer corn rallies usually beat expiration prices, how to avoid being oversold past your insured bushels, and when to skip an HTA.
May 2021
Stay focused on risk management
Steve Johnson on adding unsubsidized hail coverage, filing FSA Form 578 with your agent, and margin protection with its September 30 deadline.
May 2021
Weekly market outlook 05-24/05-29
Jarod Creed shows how insurance guaranteed bushels plus option premium let a farmer lock a worst-case revenue per acre, and why deadlines matter.
Apr 2021
Markets focus on weather now: weekly market outlook, Apr. 12-16th
Jarod Creed gives a calendar for weather risk, explains why early dryness is bearish, and shows how options keep percent sold flexible as prices rise.
Apr 2021
Spring fieldwork and planting update from Alabama
Drew Wendlandt farms an hour west of Montgomery. He explains why 12 inches of rain since March 15 means replanting, and how his acres split this year.
Mar 2021
Weekly market outlook: March 15-19
Grant Shimek explains why a strong return against your insurance guarantee outranks any analyst opinion, and how higher spec limits cut both ways.
Mar 2021
Weekly market outlook: Mar. 8-12 - grab the bull by the horns
Jarod Creed replaces the breakeven with a profit goal and shows how sales can push the price you still need below where crop insurance would kick in.
Feb 2021
Weekly market outlook Mar. 1-5: Don't panic
Jody Lawrence explains how China's hog rebuild and a lost US crop reset grain prices, and why insurance can lock a profit before planting starts.
Feb 2021
Sticker shock: crop insurance decision time
Steve Johnson breaks down 2021's $4.57 corn and $11.82 bean prices, higher volatility factors, and why cutting coverage to save premium backfires.
Feb 2021
Are you ready for market volatility? - weekly market outlook: Feb. 8-12
Brian Splitt shows how to pick marketing tools by the margin call risk you can live with, and why locking in your insurance floor comes first.
Jan 2021
Weekly market outlook: Feb. 1st-5th - first week for spring insurance price discovery
Jarod Creed on judging marketing by your all-in average, pairing 30 to 50 percent sold with insurance, and using the February discovery window.
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