March 15 Deadline Approaching for 2021 ARC and PLC Enrollment
March 15 is the deadline to enroll in the Price Loss Coverage (PLC) or Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) programs for 2021. Program enrollment, which farmers can do on a commodity-by-commodity basis, is required to participate in the programs this year. ARC and PLC are Title I commodity safety net programs established in the 2018 farm bill. For the 2021/22 crop year, farmers can change their coverage options from what they selected in 2019 for each of the commodities and base acres enrolled.
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Weed Management Is Still Weed Management
LSU AgCenter weed scientist Dr. Donnie Miller says his research with Dual Magnum, Warrant and Outlook Residual herbicides has shown no real difference in weed management.
“Nor did we see a difference in our timing of applications,” says Miller. “We tried to limit our applications to two, where we put the materials down pre-emergence and we followed up later post-emergence with just RoundUp Plus, Xtend A Max or Enlist Duo an Enlist soybeans over the top.”
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USDA Extends Application Deadline for the Quality Loss Adjustment Program
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is extending the deadline from March 5 to April 9 for agricultural producers to apply for the Quality Loss Adjustment (QLA) Program because of recent winter storms and some clarifications to program rules. This program assists producers who suffered crop quality losses due to qualifying 2018 and 2019 natural disasters.
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Herbicide Application Research On Louisiana Soybean Fields
LSU AgCenter/Extension Service Weed Scientist Dr. Donnie Miller has been studying Dual Magnum, Warrant and Outlook residual herbicides and how they affect soybean crops.
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Renewable Diesel Boom Highlights Challenges in Clean-Energy Transition
Rising demand is creating both problems and opportunities across an emerging supply chain for the fuel, one small example of how the larger transition to green fuels is upending the energy economy. A renewable diesel boom could also have a profound impact on the agricultural sector by swelling demand for oilseeds like soybeans and canola that compete with other crops for finite planting area, and by driving up food prices.
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Louisiana Soybean Inoculation
I am hearing that producers may plant soybean in fields that have not been planted to soybean during the last few years. Soybean plants have the ability to fix nitrogen, however, the seed should be inoculated with Bradyrhizobium japonicum bacteria when planting into fields that were not planted to soybean for the previous 3 – 5 years.
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Crop Insurance Guarantees Soar
What a difference a year makes. In 2020, the spring crop insurance prices for corn, soybeans and cotton were near the lowest levels of the last decade. Now, on the back of strong export demand from China and smaller-than-anticipated old-crop inventories, crop insurance prices have experienced the largest year-over-year increase in more than a decade, helping to boost insurance protection for farmers as they prepare for the planting season.
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February Louisiana Soybean Parish Estimates
This report contains the results from the 2020 December Agricultural and County Agricultural Production surveys.
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USDA to Survey Farmers' Planting Intentions for 2021
As the 2021 crop production season begins, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will contact approximately 1,100 Louisiana producers to determine their plans for the upcoming growing season.
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LSU AgCenter to Host Soil Health Forum March 17
The LSU AgCenter Northeast Research Station will host a soil health forum on March 17.
The forum is supported by the Patrick F. Taylor Foundation and National Resource Conservation Service. The Patrick F. Taylor Foundation awarded a grant to the LSU AgCenter to fund a four-year research project on reducing nutrient runoff from crop fields.
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United Soybean Board Leaders Meet Virtually to Set 2022 Investment Directions
The 78 farmer-directors serving on the United Soybean Board met virtually today to define strategies and goals to strengthen soy’s position in the U.S. and global marketplaces for the checkoff’s next year of investments related to soybean meal, oil and sustainability.
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AgCenter Experts Present Research Updates at Agricultural Consultants Conference
LSU AgCenter researchers shared their latest findings during an online continuing education program for the Louisiana Agricultural Consultants Association Feb. 10 to 11.
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Soy Checkoff Supports Study On Sustainable Ag Tech Investment
The United Soybean Board is a proud funding partner and endorses a multi-organizational initiative to connect private sector capital investors with innovative climate-smart, soil-centric agricultural technologies. U.S. farmers are leaders when it comes to using leading-edge technologies and best management practices to improve soil health while also increasing economic and environmental sustainability.
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U.S., China Phase One Agreement – Year One
2020 will be remembered by all, for a host of reasons. For those in the ag world, the Phase One Agreement between the United States and China will certainly be one of them. Signed on January 15, 2020, and in effect as of February 14, 2020, the agreement set lofty goals for U.S. agricultural exports to China. Now that all the data for calendar year 2020 is available, it’s time to see what went right and what did not.
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February Crop Market Update for Corn, Soybeans, Rice, and Cotton
The February USDA WASDE report did not elicit the pronounced market reaction observed last month. However, the grains exhibited technical selling in the futures market. With that, the corn and soybean markets will be watching for changes in South American production (weather) and export activity which could trigger technical influence in the market as the U.S. planting season approaches.
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