AMP Up On-farm Business Decisions for Long-Term Profitability
When I’m successful both in and out of the field, my business thrives. While improving on-farm practices helps me achieve high yield acres, that’s [...]
Three Goals When Meeting The Crop Insurance Agent
The 2020 crop insurance deadline of March 15th is quickly approaching. Before this date, a producer needs to declare the type of policy they [...]
Working Capital to Value of Farm Production – One Measure of Liquidity
This article was originally published on the farmdoc daily website. This article examines working capital to value of farm production for selected producer characteristics. [...]
Make A New Year’s Resolution to Manage Farm Risk
At the top of most Americans’ New Year’s resolutions are things like eating healthier, exercising more and losing weight. Being health-conscious coming into the [...]
Big Data vs. Digital Data
Big data has taken the agriculture industry by storm. It has been well received by some, and resented by others, for a multitude of [...]
Premium Discount
This December a new premium discount program is available to farmers who plant cover crops ahead of a federally insured commodity crop and insured [...]
What Does a CCA Soy Envoy Do?
It was an 86-year-long journey that eventually launched the modern Certified Crop Advisor (CCA) program. The American Society of Agronomy (ASA), currently headquartered in [...]
Do You Have a Crop Insurance Claim?
This year’s planting season created several challenges, not just for Illinois soybean producers, but for growers across the country. There have been several reports [...]
Nominate a CCA for 2020 Soybean Master Adviser Award
BLOOMINGTON, Ill.— Nov. 18, 2019 — Know an experienced Certified Crop Adviser (CCA) with a passion for soybean management? Nominate them for the annual [...]
Put Your Thinking Cap On
In Illinois we are not only blessed with fertile soils, we are also blessed to have a great agriculture network of industry professionals to [...]
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