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Insuring Your Success: 2025 farm program decisions and crop insurance updates

First on the Farm Newsletter

We have a lot to cover with the start of the new year, so let’s get into it. On December 21, 2024, Congress enacted the American Relief Act of 2025, which averted a government shutdown and extended the Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018 (a.k.a. the Farm Bill).
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Insuring Your Success – Crop insurance updates going into 2025

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Wrapping up 2024 Although it’s still early, I’m seeing and hearing of corn production at or above Actual Production History (APH) levels for multi-peril crop insurance. As I type this article, ironically, both new crop corn and soybean futures prices...
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Insuring Your Success: Risk management considerations for summer 2024

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This article was written on June 15. For up-to-date information regarding recent flooding, please contact your banker. Although spring rains created planting delays and even prevent plant decisions in some areas, they were welcomed by most. At this time last...
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Insuring Your Success – February 2024

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Looking back at some of our previous ag newsletters, it seemed that a common theme for this time of year has always been and will continue to be “risk management.” After all, we did change our agency name from First...
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Insuring Your Success – October 2023

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As we recently announced on the blog, we have decided to rebrand First Crop Solutions to First Ag Risk Management (FARM)! With our focus on providing more than just “crop” insurance, we felt it was important to better reflect the...
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First Crop Solutions changes to First Ag Risk Management

Our Ag team has had quite the eventful summer. We added a new face to the team, promoted two familiar faces, and officially announced the rebranding of our crop insurance division, formerly known as First Crop Solutions. As you harvest...

Insuring Your Success – June 2023

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After what seemed like a winter that just wouldn’t quit, it sure is nice to be able to enjoy some summer-like weather now. It almost seems a little crazy that after all that snow, most of us could use a...
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Insuring Your Success – February 2023

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A phrase that farmers and ranchers often hear is “risk management.” It’s said by bankers, commodity marketers, crop insurance agents, and a host of other agriculture industry professionals. And we say that for good reason, as anyone that’s involved in...

Insuring Your Success – September 2022

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For much of South Dakota, the 2022 crop year has been full of extremes. The northeast part of the state had a lot of prevent plant acres due to too much rain; the west and southeast parts of the state...
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Insuring Your Success – June 2022

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Too wet. Too dry. Too wet. Plus — just for fun — let’s throw a spring derecho in there as well. If someone is looking for a low-stress career, they might want to pass on being a farmer! I know...
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