Articles tagged under: Rich Morrison

ARC Expected to be Popular Choice

Published March 18, 2025

The deadline for multi-peril crop insurance changes has come and gone, but NAU Country Vice President of Farm Services Rich Morrison reminds us the farm program deadline is April 15. Morrison expects the county ARC program to be popular. "Corn, soybean and…

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Corn Planters Will Continue to Roll

Published May 24, 2024

With final plant dates for corn on top of us, NAU Country Vice President of Farm Services Rich Morrison expects farmers to continue planting corn a few days past the final plant dates. A switch to soybeans or another crop…

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No Impact on Crop Insurance Program

Published April 11, 2024

Crop insurance shouldn’t be impacted by the National Ag Statistics Service decision to drop county data collection. "We no longer use that data for crop insurance," said Rich Morrison, vice president of farm services, NAU Country. "About three years ago,…

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ARC Could be the Best Option

Published February 22, 2024

Soybean and corn prices have been trending lower since last fall. NAU Country Vice President of Farm Services Rich Morrison says the lower commodity prices may favor the ARC program. "The nice thing about the ARC program is that it is…

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Best of Both Worlds

Published September 21, 2023

The Margin Protection Insurance program signup deadline is October 2. The program protects the margin between income and expenses. NAU Country Vice President of Farm Services Rich Morrison sees MP as a unique program. "It is the only policy that…

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Temps Dictate the Wheat Market

Published December 22, 2022

NAU Country Vice President of Farm Services Rich Morrison says traders are keeping an eye on the wheat crop as temperatures fall below freezing well into the Southern Plains. "We did see some premium put into the wheat markets for…

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Fall Crop Insurance Prices Being Established

Published October 21, 2022

October is the time period that sets the harvest price for crop insurance for the fall harvested crop. "Corn is up over 16 precent from where the base price was set," reports Rich Morrison, vice president of farm services, NAU…

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Communicate with Crop Insurance Agent

Published May 14, 2022

NAU Country Insurance Vice-President of Farm Services Rich Morrison recommends farmers stay in touch with their crop insurance agent about the planting situation. "If planting delays continue in the next three weeks, what choices do farmers have? I know farmers…

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Crop Insurance Guarantees Calculated in February

Published January 31, 2022

Farmers who have not enrolled or elected in the Agriculture Risk Coverage or Price Loss Coverage programs have until March 15 to make a decision. "Quite frankly, with prices rallying the way they have, neither program at FSA looks good…

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Deadline Approaches for Margin Protection Insurance

Published September 27, 2021

There are only four business days left to sign up for Margin Protection Insurance for corn, soybeans or spring wheat for the 2022 crop year. The plans include base prices of $5.06 for corn, $12.56 for soybeans and $7.76 for…

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