APH Reviews and fall harvest activities are helping some of our teammates land large prospects. Try out their secret sauce in your footprint!

Debby Schwarz provides an overview of the Rainfall Index tool including the PRF Discovery Tool (quick start card), the interval quick starts and the Alert system.

Let's turn to our Farm Credit teammates to hear how they prospect for business!

Farm Bill expiration is top of mind for some folks as Alex Offerdahl provides the insights of what is setting up to be a lame duck session extension or a quick new version of the Farm Bill. Alex tackles the conspiracy theories around harvest price increase, which likely are a result of Hurricane Helene. Finally, Debby Schwarz discusses RPowerD and the price opportunities private products offer at this time of the year.

The W&A Team (Lee Friesen, Barb Enderson and Debby Schwarz) discusses the positives and negatives of lowering your base policy and adding an area plan. Their discussion includes some math of what producers could be giving up on their base policy guarantees.

As we enter the final days before September 30, Alex Offerdahl provides a quick glance at the wheat and Margin Protection projected prices. In addition, Alex provides a Farm Bill update.

The push is on to lock in final decisions for fall commodities like wheat and Margin Protection. The W&A team reviews wheat premiums for 2025 compared to the 2024 crop year. They also review a Nebraska wheat scenario and kick around some key points for Margin Protection on corn and soybeans. Will your producers be able to cover their costs with the current programs available?

Kyle Jore shares some research on why Crop Year 2024 is looking more and more like a repeat of Crop Year 2014.

ARC vs PLC, SCO, ECO, or Margin Protection? The W&A team discusses the pros and cons as we near closer to the September 30 sales close date.

The W&A Marketing team highlights some of the key Optimum resources to discuss area plans.