ANNOUNCEMENT ...
RISK MANAGEMENT ...
One-time change to prevented planting provisions
Provision provides coverage to farmers when flooding prevents planting
ECONOMIC CONCERNS ...
US agriculture needs a 21st-century New Deal
Even before the floods, farm bankruptcies were already at a 10-year high
WATER USE ...
Forest die-off caused by depletion of deep-soil water
Study warns of threats from future concurrent drought and heat events
WHAT'S GROWING ...
Cover-crop strategy may help farmers with wet springs
"Planting green" cover crop strategy may help no-till farmers deal with wet springs
DEADLINE PUSHED BACK ...
Prevented planting reporting deadline now July 15
Producers in Vermont now have until July 15 to report prevented planting acres
DEADLINE PUSHED BACK ...
Prevented planting reporting deadline now July 15th
Farm Service Agency in NYS extends prevented plant crop reporting deadline to July 15
REGULATIONS ...
How does prevented planting impact NY farmers?
RMA announces one-time changes to prevented planting provisions for 2019 crop year
TRENDS IN WEATHER ...
Some U.S. corn could go unplanted; U.S. weather outlook
Weather this spring for much of the Corn Belt has been anything but cooperative
NEW RESOURCE ...