Articles tagged under: prevent plant
Prevented Planting Reminders
Published May 26, 2023
Countryside Insurance Agency owner Jennifer Otteson says prevent plant acres should be lower than last year in the Red River Valley. That doesn't mean there aren't some wet spots. “As you go west out of the Valley and get more…Crop Insurance Agents Wrap Up Prevent Plant Claims
Published August 23, 2022
The spring of 2022 is one Dickey-Marion Insurance Agency President Gene Rode would like to forget. Nearly 20 inches of rain fell from late April to July 1. "Commodity prices were looking nice and yet the farmer's hands were tied…A Preliminary Look at Prevent Plant Acres
Published August 22, 2022
There are at least 6.38 million prevent plant acres in the United States this year. In a preliminary report released Monday, USDA says North Dakota has the most prevent plant acres in the country at 2.37 million. Compared to 2020,…First Glance at FSA Acreage Data
Published August 22, 2022
The Farm Service Agency was scheduled to release its report on 2022 certified acrage earlier this month, but the data never came. USDA said additional time was neeeded to process the information. The acreage report, which includes prevent plant statistics,…Prevent Plant Ground Being Worked
Published August 12, 2022
In northeastern South Dakota, Agtegra agronomist Blake Anderson says farmers with prevent plant ground are starting to work the ground or plant cover crops. "There are farmers planting turnips and radishes. Other farmers are planting wheat or barley, just enough…Planting Incentives Under Consideration
Published June 6, 2022
More than two weeks ago, farmers and agriculture groups met in Fargo, North Dakota for a roundtable to discuss ways to the late planting season. "We checked in with FSA Administrator Zach Ducheneaux this last week," said North Dakota Senator…Planting Decisions Are All About the Economics
Published May 27, 2022
Minn-Star Bank Farm Management Analyst Kent Thiesse says corn farmers have a decision to make. They can plant the crop with a late planting provision, switch up acreage or take prevent plant. The prevent plant payment is 55 percent of…Fielding Questions: Prevent Plant
Published May 23, 2022
Prevent plant is one decision farmers will need to make in the next few weeks. AgCountry Farm Credit Services Crop Insurance Supervisor Nick Dreyer says this prevent plant year is different from others. Strong commodity prices and global demand incentivize…Hoeven Seeks Solutions
Published May 20, 2022
At the conclusion of Friday's roundtable, North Dakota Senator John Hoeven said he’ll reach out to the Risk Management Agency. "Is there something we can do either with crop insurance or the USDA to incentivize farmers to plant the crop,…