Policy and Programs Episodes
Every Ag View Pitch conversation on policy and programs — summaries, key takeaways, and full transcripts.
Oct 2019
Top 10 fall marketing tips
Ten fall marketing steps from Chris Barron: set a margin target instead of a price target, and convert MFP and insurance checks into cents per bushel.
Jul 2019
Special report: MFP
Paul Neiffer breaks down the 2019 MFP payments: county rates, the $15 prevent plant cover crop rate, hog and milk rates, and the $250,000 limit.
Jun 2019
5 things you need to know in the week ahead
Duane Lowry on the Trump-Xi meeting, China's 500,000-ton soybean purchase, doubts about the USDA acreage report, and a firming cash basis tone.
Jun 2019
Spirit in the sky
Duane Lowry sizes up 2019 prevent plant at 6 to 15 million acres, reads the Mexico tariff scare, and argues soybeans may surprise on the upside.
May 2019
Steve Johnson, Iowa State: Discussion on prevent plant rules and regulations, do's and don'ts
ISU Extension's Steve Johnson explains the four-year acreage rule, the 55 percent corn payment, and the paperwork that decides if your claim gets paid.
May 2019
Details on MFP, the Market Facilitation Program, with Paul Neiffer
Farm CPA Paul Neiffer explains the 2019 MFP county rate formula, the 125,000 dollar payment limit, AGI tests, and why prevent plant acres get nothing.
May 2019
Farm aid package
Chris Barron and Duane Lowry break down USDA's $14.5 billion trade aid payment and why the guaranteed first third will not change prevent plant math.
82 of 645 episodes · page 4 of 4