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Farmers, please see our new 'Crop Talk' Newsletter for April/May 2012.

Critical Corp Insurance Deadlines

The sign-up deadline date for crop insurance or the sales closing date which is the last date to apply for coverage.

Sign-up Deadline
Spring Crops March 15, 2012
Fall Crops September 30, 2012

If you do not want insurance next year, the cancellation date which is the last date to give notice:

Insurance Canellation Deadline
Spring Crops March 15, 2012
Fall Crops September 30, 2012

Production reporting date – actual production history must be reported by:

Production Reporting Deadline
Spring Crops April 29, 2012
Fall Crops November 14, 2012

Final Planting Date – if UNABLE to plant, contact your agent by:

Final Planting Date
Corn May 25, 2012
Dry Beans June 20, 2012
Sunflowers June 15, 2012

Acreage Reporting date – acreage planted must be reported by:

Acreage Reporting Date
Spring Wheat May 30, 2012
All other Spring Crops July 15, 2012
Fall Crops November 15, 2012

Payment due date – interest charges will be incurred after:

Payment Due Date
Season
 Billing Date
 Payment Due Date
Spring Crops
 July 1, 2012
 August 1, 2012
Fall Crops
 August 15, 2012
 October 1, 2012
Fall Crops
(Box Butte County)
 August 1, 2012
 September 1, 2012

National Agriculture Statistics Service

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  • USDA Expects 75-year-high Corn Acreage in 2012
    Driven by favorable prices, U.S. farmers intend to plant 95.9 million acres of corn in 2012, up four percent from 2011, according to the Prospective Plantings report released today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). If realized, this will be the largest corn acreage in the United States since 1937, when producers planted 97.2 million acres of corn.
  • Advisory Committee on Agriculture Statistics to Meet on March 29-30
    The annual meeting of the Advisory Committee on Agriculture Statistics will take place in Washington, D.C. on March 29-30, 2012. The meeting is open to the public and will take place from 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on March 29th, and 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on March 30th at the L'Enfant Plaza Hotel, 480 L'Enfant Plaza SW, Washington, D.C., 20024. There will be an opportunity for public questions and comments at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, March 30th.
  • NASS Asks Farmers to Sign up for Census, Share Their Story
    In recognition of National Ag Day on March 8, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) calls on America's farmers and ranchers to sign up for the 2012 Census of Agriculture and to share stories about how Census data benefits them. Recognizing the central role of agriculture in Americans lives, USDA wants to make sure it counts all farmers and ranchers in the upcoming Census. USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) conducts the Census of Agriculture every five years and is currently preparing to send the Census form to all agricultural producers in December.

USDA Economic Research Service

  • Are Healthy Foods Really More Expensive? It Depends on How You Measure the Price
    Most Americans consume diets that do not meet Federal dietary recommendations. A common explanation is that healthier foods are more expensive than less healthy foods. To investigate this assumption, the authors compare prices of healthy and less healthy foods using three different price metrics: the price of food energy ($/calorie), the price of edible weight ($/100 edible grams), and the price of an average portion ($/average portion). They also calculate the cost of meeting the recommendations for each food group. For all metrics except the price of food energy, the authors find that healthy foods cost less than less healthy foods (defined for this study as foods that are high in saturated fat, added sugar, and/or sodium, or that contribute little to meeting dietary recommendations).
  • Farm Activities Associated With Rural Development Initiatives
    Since 2002, USDA’s Rural Business and Industry (B&I) Loan Guarantee program has increased its emphasis on farm-related business activities associated with renewable energy, local/regional food, and value-added agriculture. Other new programs and program modifications also have focused on these and other farm activities and related industries, including the use of farm and ranch natural resources. This trend represents a relatively new direction for USDA’s Rural Development programs, which have historically focused on nonfarm-related business. This report improves our understanding of the farm and farmer characteristics that may influence farm operator involvement in development-related activities, specifically by focusing on five farm activities: organic farming, value-added agriculture, direct marketing, agritourism, and energy/electricity production. The findings are based on descriptive data from USDA’s 2007 Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS) and estimates from logit models used to identify statistically significant factors associated with involvement in certain farm activities.
  • Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook
    Timely livestock, dairy, and poultry information, focusing on current and forecast production, price, and trade statistics for each of the sectors.
  • Sugar and Sweeteners Outlook
    Examines world and U.S. production, consumption, trade, stocks, and prices for beet and cane sugar, and high fructose corn syrup.

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