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Study: Climate impacts to hit crop yields from 2030s
2014-03-16 19:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: Predictions that climate change will deliver sizeable benefits for the economy through much of this century will be challenged once again this week with the publication of new research showing that crop yields could be hit from the 2030s onwards. Research by a team from University of Leeds published today in Nature Climate Change predicts that climate change will lead to reduced crop yields earlier than previous models have shown. Scientists have long warned that climate impacts such as droughts...
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How will lower market prices affect your crop insurance decisions?
2014-03-07 23:02:27| Corn & Soybean Digest
The decision for crop insurance elections is just around the corner. Farmers have until March 15 to make their choices for the 2014 growing season. With significantly lower market prices, and crop insurance guarantees, compared to last season, we'd like to know what your decisions will be for this year. Will you choose more coverage over last year? Less coverage? Do your crop insurance decisions stay the same no matter what the market price or guarantee? Or, do you not even use crop insurance? Take the poll and let us know. Feel free to comment about your choice! I'll increase coverage (compared to 2013). I'll decrease coverage (compared to 2013). My crop insurance elections stay the same each year, no matter the price. I don't need crop insurance. Go to result page on submit: 0 read more
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FarmLogs app update: Field-specific rainfall data, crop history
2014-03-07 18:27:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
LimelightPlayerUtil.initEmbed("limelight_player_356642"); FarmLogs co-founder and CEO Jesse Vollmar talks about the FarmLogs app and web offerings, as well as a new app update. The new update offers a popular web feature, allowing farmers to access field-specific rainfall and crop history data right from their phones. read more
Crop insurance decision time
2014-03-04 22:33:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
March 15 is the deadline to purchase crop insurance for the 2014 crop year for corn, soybeans and spring wheat in Minnesota and other Upper Midwest states. As of March 1, the USDA Risk Management Agency (RMA) has finalized the 2014 crop prices in the Upper Midwest for Yield Protection (YP) policies, as well as the base prices for Revenue Protection (RP and RPE) policies. Focus on Ag read more
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ICCT analysis finds some research studies may overstate energy crop yields by as much as 100%
2014-02-28 21:30:35| Green Car Congress
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