Rain, Rain Come Today! Across our growing region we have a full range of crop conditions, but one common thread is that everyone would take some water today. Our forecaster had predicted a dryer and hotter than normal crop season (whatever normal is) and it looks to be coming true for the most part. FSA…

USDA Announces Payment of Second Half of 2019 WHIP Plus Payments, Quality Loss Assistance Program — More than $1 billion in payments will be released over the next several weeks, starting June 15, for agricultural producers with approved applications for the Quality Loss Adjustment (QLA) Program and for producers who have already received payments through the…

USDA announced on June 1st a new initiative to reward the planting and certification of cover crops through RMA’s Pandemic Cover Crop Program (PCCP). All the information (press release, FAQs, Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA – the legal documentation)) are available at this link: https://www.rma.usda.gov/en/News-Room/Press/Press-Releases/2021-News/Producers-with-Crop-Insurance-to-Receive-Premium-Benefit-for-Cover-Crops. Even with this information, there are a lot of questions.  Heritage…