All Episodes

Episode 95 - Fed Funds Update and Outlook

Episode 94 - June Acreage Report Offers No Surprises

Episode 93 - Chapter 12 Bankruptcy Filings are up 20%, Underscoring the Impact of the Farm Safety Net on Crop Farmers

Episode 92 - The long grain rice world market price for the 2025 crop approaches the USDA marketing loan rate for the fourth time since 2001

Episode 91 - Analyzing the relationship between the yield ratio and optimal crop insurance coverage levels

Episode 90 - Rice Farmers Face Limited Adjustment Capacity Under the Expanding Access to Risk Protection (EARP) Rule

Episode 89 - Prevented Planting: When (if ever) is it a good business decision to take the PP indemnity?

Episode 88 - May 2026 WASDE Highlights for U.S. Supply and Demand

Episode 87 - 100 Years of Arkansas Soybeans

Episode 86 - Arkansas net farm income remains steady in 2026 driven by government assistance

Episode 85 - Arkansas Farmer Decision Support Tool

Episode 84 - What Lower Interest Rates Mean for 2026 Budgets

Episode 83 - Exploring Floating Solar on Arkansas Farms

Episode 82 - March 31 Prospective Plantings Report Offers Few Surprises

Episode 81 - Preliminary Assessment of Arkansas Poultry Industry Damage (Winter Storm 2026)

Episode 80 - Row-Crop Markets in Transition: Supply, Demand, and Pricing Opportunities

Episode 79 - 2026 Farm Budget Implications of the Conflict in the Persian Gulf

Episode 78 - Developing a Crop Marketing Plan in 2026

Episode 77 - How could insured farmers adjust to the Expanding Access to Risk Protection (EARP) rule from USDA?

Episode 76 - Farmer Bridge Assistance (FBA) Payments and Implications for Arkansas Farmers

Episode 75 - Jennifer James

Episode 74 - The National Cotton Profit & Loss Tool

Episode 73 - December 2025 WASDE Lowers Rice Price by 9% and the Farmer Bridge Assistance (FBA) Program is Announced

Episode 72 - Senator John Boozman

Episode 71 - November 2025 WASDE report is relatively quiet despite surprises in production and exports

Episode 70 - The 2025 Arkansas State Net Farm Income Projection is Adjusted $850 Million Downward in its Fall Revision

Episode 69 - Developing a Market Plan in the Post-Harvest Window

Episode 68 - Prevented Planting: When (if ever) is it a good business decision to take the PP indemnity?

Episode 67 - The State of the Arkansas Crop Economy in 2025

Episode 66 - Optimizing PRF Insurance for Southern Forage Producers: Lessons from Arkansas

Episode 65 - 2025/26 Rice Market Outlook

Episode 64 - Estimating County-Level Farm Program Payments in The One Big Beautiful Bill Act

Episode 63 - Short-Term Interest Rates and Identifying Financial Stress

Episode 62 - USDA September 12th Reports Highlight Record Corn Production and Downward Revision in Rice Price

Episode 61 - Margin Protection (MP) and Margin Coverage Option (MCO) Sales Closing Date for Corn and Soybeans is September 30, 2025

Episode 60 - Prevented Planting: Historical Impacts to Indemnities and Acreage

Episode 59 - The Mississippi River is Set to Fall to Severe Levels for the Fourth Year in a Row

Episode 58 - Tracking Chapter 12 Bankruptcies in the South: 2015 – 2025 Trends

Episode 57 - USDA’s August Crop Forecasts Point to Record Corn and Soybean Yields

Episode 56 - July 2025 Short-term Interest Rate Update

Episode 55 - Do Daily Large Export Sales Reports Move Markets?

Episode 54 - Prevented Planting: Coverage Levels, Payments, and Rules

Episode 53 - July WASDE: Heavy Stocks Keep Pressure on 2025 Price Outlook

Episode 52 - Stronger farm safety net included in the OBBB Act, “Skinny” Farm Bill, and SDRP disaster payments

Episode 51 - USDA's June 30 Acreage Report a Non-Event for Corn and Soybeans

Episode 50 - Chapter 12 Bankruptcies in Arkansas and the U.S.: Trends and Implications for the Farm Economy

Episode 49 - Farm Commodity Prices Unlikely to Recover to Breakeven Point for Arkansas Farms in 2025

Episode 48 - June WASDE Delivers Sharp Reduction in U.S. Rice and Cotton Crops

Episode 47 - Global Market Prospects for U.S. Long-grain Rice for the Upcoming Market Year

Episode 46 Analyzing the upside and downside risk in PRF policy selection: Timing mismatch

Episode 45 Arkansas net farm income sees 22% Increase driven by federal economic and weather-related disaster assistance

Episode 44 - USDA’s May WASDE Report Provides Initial Outlook for 2025 Crop Prices

Episode 43 - Federal Open Market Committee Update and Breakeven Curves Under Different Land Rental Agreements

Episode 42 - How can Crop Marketing and Crop Insurance go together?

Episode 41 - Arkansas Row Crop Update and Fertilizer Market Outlook

Episode 40 - Preliminary Analysis Suggests Historic Flooding Results in $79 Million in Crop-Related Damages

Episode 39 - The Southern Risk Management Education Center (SRMEC) and its Role in Agricultural Risk Management with Dr. Ron Rainey

Episode 38 - March 31st Prospective Plantings and Price Implications for Corn and Soybeans

Episode 37 - Emergency Commodity Assistance Program (ECAP) Sign-Up is Live

Episode 36 - Tariff, Trade Wars, and United States Commodities Exports

Episode 35 - Recap of USDA March 2025 Supply/Demand Estimates

Episode 34 - Takeaways from the Agricultural Outlook Forum, Tariffs on Agricultural Commodities, and Pre-Harvest Marketing

Episode 33 - Recent BRICS+ Efforts Amid Global Trade Shifts

Episode 32 - Projected Economic Assistance for Arkansas Crops Under the American Relief Act

Episode 31 - Leveraging Enterprise Budgets to Calculate Breakeven Points

Episode 30 - Crop Insurance Decision Maker 2025 Decision Tool

Episode 29 - Serving Arkansas Agriculture Through the Land Grant Mission with Dr. Lanier Nalley

Episode 28 - Structure of the USDA-FSA Farm Loan Program and 2025 Financial Update

Episode 27 - Highlights of the January 2025 USDA WASDE Report

Episode 26 - Analyzing Crop Choice Using the Arkansas Crop Profit/Loss Calculator

Episode 25 - Year-End Recap and Reflecting on 2024

Episode 24 - Finances, Wealth Management, and the Current Financial State of Agriculture

Special Edition - Farm Bill and Economic Assistance

Episode 23 - December 2024 USDA WASDE Report

Episode 22 - Farm Policy Outlook for 2025

Episode 21 - 2025 Crop Enterprise Budgets Review

Episode 20 - Pasture, Rangeland, and Forage Rainfall Index Insurance Deadline is December 1st

Episode 19 (Part 2) - Just Having Fun!

Episode 19 - 2024 Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation Annual Convention and Advocacy Efforts with John McMinn

Episode 18 - Seeking Participants for a Rice Crop Insurance Participation Study!

Episode 17 - Can yield upside risk eclipse price downside risk protection in ECO crop insurance?

Episode 16 - Arkansas Net Farm Income to Decline for Second Straight Year

Episode 15 - USDA’s October WASDE Yields Few Changes, Stable Price Outlook

Episode 14 - Views from the 2024 Southern Outlook Conference: Looking at Risk Management for 2025

Episode 13 - Port Strikes: How it affects Cotton Producers in Arkansas

Episode 12 - Oklahoma State University: Wildlife Food Plot Budgeting Tool

Episode 11 - Rate Shift: The Fed's Bold 50 Basis Point Cut

Episode 10 - Price Risk Protection for the 2025 Crop Year Using Margin Protection Crop Insurance

Episode 9 - Review of the September 2024 USDA Farm Sector Income Forecast

Episode 8 - Prospects for 2023 ARC and PLC Payments

Episode 7 - Low Water Levels on the Mississippi River: Not the Three-peat We Want

Episode 6 - Review of 2023 STAX Payments and Implications for Price Risk Management in Cotton

Episode 5 - Measuring the Influence of Economic Indicators on Farm Income

Episode 4 - Comparing Historical Fertilizer Prices in Arkansas to Crop Futures Prices

Episode 3 - The Disparity Between Agricultural Prices Paid and Received

Episode 2 - Evaluating Price Loss Coverage in Farm Bill Proposals

Episode 1 - Introduction