Farm Credit Services of America: Recent Episodes
Farm Credit Services of America
Our educational podcasts equip producers with the knowledge they need to make the right decisions for their operations.
This episode features Tyler Leighton, senior vice president of Insurance and Ag Economist, Matt Erickson, who discuss the current ag economy. You’ll hear Matt breakdown the September WASDE, how crop insurance can help your operation and what is going on with the Farm Bill.
In this episode, we share an all-too common story of money left on the table due to the wrong crop insurance decision. Learn how an annual crop insurance review can help you avoid this pitfall. We also discuss our ‘360’ review, which is unique in the industry, combining our expertise in crop insurance with financial insights to ensure your risk management plan is right for the times and your operation.
Area plans or county-based plans can help bridge the gap between profit and loss. Learn more about area plans, and why the current price environment makes these plans an option that can help give you peace of mind.
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On this episode, we’ll be breaking down what the most recent reports mean for our 2024 Outlook and what that might mean for the 2025 Outlook.
Learn more about what an Approved Insurance Provider (AIP) specialist does at Farm Credit Services of America and Frontier Farm Credit and why it’s such a valuable role.
Learn more about Farm Credit Services of America and Frontier Farm Credit's newest Approved Insurance Provider (AIP) and how that can benefit customers.
Learn more about Enhance Coverage Option (ECO) coverage and an interesting concept of ECO bundles.
Producers have until March 15 to make a crop insurance decision for 2024, and this is no ordinary decision. The decisions that have worked the past few years may not be the right ones in 2024.
Tony Jesina, senior vice president of insurance and consumer lending at Farm Credit Services of America and Frontier Farm Credit, sat down with Matt Erickson, our Associations’ agriculture, economic and policy advisor, and Paul Neiffer, CPA, tax principal and agribusiness and business advisor, to talk about the factors that go into this year’s crop insurance decision.
Learn more about Margin Protection scenarios and why now is good time to take advantage of the current price environments for your 2023 crop.
One of the most trusted names in financial reporting and economics, Dr. Rossell delivers a U.S. economic outlook for the next 18-24 months. Drawing on history, theory, and her ringside seat to Wall Street, she delivers an insider’s perspective on the most important economic events of our time and discusses the impact of key factors like the 2020 pandemic, Brexit, the ongoing trade war, the Presidential election, and a non-traditional inverted yield curve. Get an informed outlook into the coming year and understand new opportunities that are on the horizon. Dr. Rossell outlines the current state of the economy, explaining government relief packages, including the aid needed for natural disasters. She highlights that this is symptomatic of a larger trend: that businesses today face a variety of seismic surprises, including cyberterrorism, environmental disasters, swings in the regulatory regime, and, yes, epidemics like COVID-19. Dr. Marci Rossell Marci Rossell is a world-renowned economist and financial expert who electrifies audiences nationwide, speaking candidly on the nexus of economics, politics, culture, and the media. She honed her animated style serving as the popular, lively Chief Economist for CNBC, where she became a household name and a must-watch source of financial news. The former co-host of the well-known “pre-market” morning news and talk show Squawk Box, Rossell is revered for taking complex economic issues, often dull in the button-down business press, and making them relevant to people's lives, families, and careers.
Learn more about opportunities to take advantage of current price environments for your 2022 crop.
Learn more about leveraging insurance products like Margin Protection to lock in minimum revenue guarantees.
Take a deeper dive into leveraging crop insurance to reduce risk and increase peace of mind when premarket harvesting.
Crop Hail coverage and additional endorsements can make the difference between an indemnity or no indemnity for damage caused by hail and other covered perils.
As you consider your annual farm program decision for the season ahead, there are a few changes for 2021. Under current farm bill provisions, you now have much more flexibility to react and respond to markets and weather.
Insurance endorsements are stacked on top of existing insurance that changes the terms or scope of the original policy.
The Wildfire and Hurricane Indemnity Program-Plus (WHIP+) program expands on the original WHIP program by adding excess moisture and drought to the covered perils and sugar beets to covered crops. Producers who experienced natural disasters in 2018 or 2019 may qualify for disaster aid under the WHIP+ program, which includes: Hurricanes Michael, Florence, and Dorian Floods and excess moisture Snowstorms Tornadoes Typhoons Volcanic activity Wildfires Drought of D3 or higher severity in all or part of their county Related conditions Quality issues
Multiple-peril crop insurance coverage (MPCI) is a bundle of different policy options that covers loss of crop yields from drought, flood, excessive moisture, and all other natural causes. We will navigates the various insurance products that can provide additional coverage to multi-peril insurance.
Margin Protection (MP) provides coverage against an unexpected decrease in operating margin. The area-based plan – not tied to your actual grain sales or input purchases – can be purchased as a stand-alone policy or in conjunction with Yield Protection (YP) or Revenue Protection (RP) coverage. Margin Protection helps leverage opportunities and mitigate risk better than any other subsidized product on the market – especially for those whose yields are consistent with or higher than the county they farm in.