Crop Insurance Episodes
Every Ag View Pitch conversation on crop insurance — summaries, key takeaways, and full transcripts.
Jan 2020
Georgia, Alabama, and Florida producers: extra complexity, longer growing seasons
Three Pioneer agronomists on Georgia's 1.2 million cotton acres, hurricane losses, the shift to corn for 2020, and why collaboration matters there.
Jan 2020
PLC yield update, insurance decisions: part 2
Steve Johnson explains updating PLC yields with 2013 to 2017 production, the 75% county plug, and how SCO complements farm-level revenue protection.
Oct 2019
Sunday night market outlook: October 27, 2019
Duane Lowry shows why yields that beat expectations can still be low, and why last year's yield on your own farm beats APH as a comparison point.
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
Hot, dry forecast driving the grain markets higher next week?
Duane Lowry explains how fund positioning fuels a weather rally, why spreads move first, and why every producer should decide off their own farm numbers.
Jun 2019
Strategic planning discussion: weekly market outlook
Duane Lowry explains why the moment everyone finally turns bullish is the moment to advance sales, and how to build a gross revenue target per acre.
Jun 2019
Mid week market update
Duane Lowry on why a USDA report that punts is still a direction, how to size sales against your insurance guarantee, and why basis keeps rising.
Jun 2019
Don't stop believing
Chris Barron and Duane on the 2019 corn correction, 10 million prevent plant acres, and why a 20 percent yield cut pushes breakeven to $4.67 cash.
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
Hold on loosely
Chris Barron and Duane Lowry weigh prevent plant against late planting, why to keep physical ownership of grain, and how to sell in increments.
May 2019
Danger zone
Strategic account manager Jeff Cole reports 30 percent of corn and 10 percent of soybeans planted in Indiana, plus when to switch off 113-day hybrids.
May 2019
Taking care of business
Duane Lowry breaks down 2019 corn and soybean planting progress state by state, record prevent plant odds, and how to recheck your percent sold.
May 2019
From the heart of Indiana
Indiana agronomist Brad Downing on running prevent plant numbers, switching hybrid maturities before June 15, and checking on growers who are struggling.
May 2019
Crazy train
Duane Lowry raises his prevent plant estimate to 6 million acres, argues $5 corn is plausible, and tells growers to slow down on new corn sales.
May 2019
NE Illinois: control what you can
Pioneer's Alyssa Abbott on holding 111 day hybrids into June, GDU math for late planting, and running prevent plant numbers for your own farm.
May 2019
Upper Midwest update
Zane Erickson on prevent plant in eastern North Dakota: cover crops to pull moisture, weed control, and why unmanaged PP acres compound wet years.
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.
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