Insights & Trends in Commodity Markets: Dairy & Livestock
Tracking prices, policy shifts, and market forces shaping the dairy and livestock sectors.
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This blog post walks the reader through the process of calculating Actual Ending Values for LRP-Swine. The steps are described in LRP-Swine SCE. There were no substantive changes for RY2027 vs. the...
LRP-Fed Cattle coverage is settled based on the price of fed cattle as calculated by the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) in a report titled the “5 Area Weekly Weighted Average Direct Slaughter...
For RY2026 and prior crop years, LRP Insurance Standards Handbook contained a table with Price Adjustment Factors for various types. For example, for RY2026, LRP ISH 23.D: No such table is presented...
We had several livestock submissions presented to the FCIC Board of Directors this week. I will write more detailed blogs soon on each change, but here is a quick summary: More details soon...
A producer places high quality genetic embryos in leased cows. The producer owns the embryos, has control of the cows through gestation, lactation and beyond. He also is subject to all of the...
Consider the following scenario. In July 2026, an insured buys an LGM-Cattle SCE with target marketings of 1,000 head in November 2026. They also buy an LRP-Fed Cattle SCE and cover 1,000 head with...
April 30 is the contract change date for Livestock Risk Protection, Dairy Revenue Protection and Livestock Gross Margin plans of insurance. Yesterday early afternoon, Risk Management Agency released...
In RY2026, LRP Feeder Cattle SCE introduced a “Drought Hardship Exemption”: if the drought substantially worsened during the LRP Feeder Cattle SCE coverage period, insureds were allowed to...