Billy Rose
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210 appearances
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first heard Sep 2024
last heard Jan 2025
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Yeah, it's not quite that big, but it's $19 billion. So from $300 million, I'm talking premiums paid by farmers. It went up to that. It's really been a phenomenal program when you think of government programs. You've heard of FEMA, flood. It's a complete mess. And I don't see any hope for it. We're going to continue as American taxpayers to continue to fund that.
So the federal program, at least even though you and I are paying 54% subsidies to help our farming friends out with the cost of their premium, it is a program that is working. But you do have to make a decision by March 15th as to what your crop insurance is going to be. 90% of the farmers are buying a revenue protection RP policy at 80%, 85%. There's this gap between 85% and 100%.
And I want to talk about this gap real quick. This gap is really the difference between a profit and loss or maybe a loss and break even if I don't get up my yields over that APH. And so you have some choices out there. The government has a program called ECO, which is a county-based product, does pay six months after harvest, five to six months after.
It's based on the county average, not on your farm average, all right? It's kind of like going to Vegas and I'm going to bet on black and red, okay? Now, but it is subsidized by 65% this year. So it could be a good add-on on top of your RP. But what we're recommending is take a look at AcreShield because AcreShield, the county only goes to 95.
AcreShield goes to 100% APH, and it's based on your farm level, and we pay 45 days after harvest. So what I'm telling our farming friends is – Put your RP in there, lay in your acre shield, get that seed intelligence, and then maybe throw ECO on top of it if you want to go that extra level.
I'm covered. And we're hearing that it just feels like everyone's a month behind right now. Like even the bankers feel like they're behind. Everyone's kind of like, what's going on with politics? What's going on with price? Are you hearing something like that?
Yeah, you just talked about liquidity at bank. It's at an all-time low. Yep. Farmers need to understand, it's tight at the bank.
And I think you hit the nail on the head. Everyone's a little like, I don't really want to go talk to my banker, and the banker doesn't want to talk to me. But damn it, you better. You better walk into that confession booth and just go, here's where I'm at. And, you know, let's figure this out and let's get it going.
That new combine?
I think we have to accept it and then deal with it. And to Tanner's point, don't put your head in the sand. Get into that bank, sit down. Because you need to find out if you're going to have to find an alternative option. That's why I do like AcreShield offers 0% financing, by the way. You sign up, you put 20% down, and we give 0% financing until December.
I have sinned. The license plate is going to say you go first. Yeah.
Confession booth. I do want to say we sincerely appreciate your time and your help in making farmers aware that there is a low-cost solution to the yield gap problem out there. And there's... AcreShield, I think, is a very good solution to that problem. You can go to AcreShield.com, fill out the contact form, or just call us on the 800 number. We'd be more than happy to work with you.
And then we sell AcreShield through multiple distributors. They could be seed dealers, crop insurance agents, bankers. You don't have to be licensed to become a distributor, and we pay commissions. And one of the things that... A lot of farmers that do call in and then we talk to their seed dealer or their crop insurance agent. We make them a distributor.
The only thing I ask is because that guy is making money off of you, he should at least buy you a steak dinner. There you go. Yeah.
This is a team that's been with me close to 15 to 20 years. We've built great ventures. I've been recognized as Iowa entrepreneur and many accolades. It's not because of me. It's because of the team behind me and what we're able to do and help our customers out.
Tanner, Dave, it's a real honor to be here today and talk about what we're doing and just kind of discuss how our battle cry even came about.
It's a pretty fascinating story. My dad used to build hydraulic fittings and sell to John Deere. Okay. And the buyer lived in Dyersville, Iowa, and his plant was in Chicago, and he was fighting the union. And only as Iowa could do, he was explaining to the buyer in Dyersville, the John Deere buyer, hey, you know, we're a little behind because of the unions. We've got a little strike going on.
And they said, why don't you come back next week? So my dad drives back, sits down, and he's looking at a, cornfield. And they said, why don't you build your plant here? We have the banker, we have the tax benefit, and we'll actually help you get the plant built. Lo and behold, he comes home and says, we're moving to Dyersville, Iowa.
No, you know it. That came many years later. In fact, my bus... ran past the ball diamond before there was a ball diamond, twice a day, every day. Truth be told, I maybe kissed my first girl and drank a beer on that road. There you go. That's awesome. Love it.
I'm going to maybe have to claim the fifth now.
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