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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. Today’s article reviews the spring crop insurance prices for conventionally produced corn, soybeans and cotton.
Spring Price Discovery Period
Each year, in advance of the planting season, USDA’s Risk Management Agency recalibrates crop insurance protection based on expected commodity prices and risk in the market. During a month-long February survey period, market expectations for prices are averaged to determine the spring crop insurance price. When combined with a farmer’s yield history, the spring pri
Rajasthan Agriculture Minister Lalchand Kataria said on Wednesday that the pending amount of insurance claims of farmers till 2020 would be paid by March 31 under the Prime Minister Crop Insurance Scheme. Kataria informed the House that the state s share had also been deposited under the scheme. He said payment by insurance companies could not be made on time due to discrepancies in showing the average yield. The minister was replying to supplementary questions asked in this regard by the MLAs during the question hour. He said that the insurance claim amount would be paid in the next 10 days for rabi 2018-19 in Churu district.
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