Making Smart Crop Insurance Decisions for 2025

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What new technologies are transforming farming in 2025?

Tanner 0:01
John Deere's See & Spray technology continues to develop and provide additional options for farmers that are looking for ways to reduce inputs and improve targeted weed control. See & Spray Select will be available from the factory on model year 2026 John Deere 400 and 600 series sprayers with the 90, 100, or 120 foot steel booms. See & Spray Select will also be available as a precision upgrade kit for model 2018 and newer John Deere sprayers. To learn more today, visit johndeere.com.

Who is Trevor Robbins and what is his role in crop insurance?

So hi, I'm Trevor Robbins. I'm a training and education manager with Farmers Mutual Hale Insurance Company of Iowa. Today we're going to be talking about some of the 2025 decisions that are coming up for crop insurance as well as kind of what's happening in the industry with the farm bill and talk a little bit about prices and things and how we look to mitigate risk in a time where we've got those input costs raising and prices continuing to kind of remain steady or drop a little bit.
Corey 0:58
Basically, we're making insurance sexy.
Narrator 1:02
Ladies and gentlemen, farmers, ranchers, and distinguished guests, thank you for listening to the Farm for Profit podcast, where we discuss the latest ideas, methods, trends, and techniques available to help your farm achieve higher levels of farm profitability. Remember, if you aren't farming for profit, you won't be farming for long.
Narrator 1:34
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Corey 2:06
Are you tired of sifting through a shoebox full of receipts? Sick of battling long spreadsheets? Tanner?
Tanner 2:11
Ah, never.
Corey 2:12
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Tanner 2:15
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Corey 2:29
It's time to wrangle your books. Visit ambrook.com slash profit today for a 30-day free trial. That's A-M-B-R-O-O-K dot com slash profit. Rock still in your field making farming a challenge? TerraClear understands that and has the solution for you. Introducing TerraClear's Deferred Payment Program. TerraClear now offers their customers potential deferred payments until January 15th of 2026. The program is quite simple.
Tanner 2:56
That's right. If you place your order and apply before March 31st of 2025, you can take advantage of 0% APR on deferred payments due January 15th of 2026. Or if you place your order and apply during April of 2025, you can receive 4.9% APR on deferred payments due January 15th of 2026. Getting started as easy as counting to one, two, three.

How do Multi-Peril Crop Insurance (MPCI) plans work?

Corey 3:19
Yep. All you have to do is visit their website, www.terraclear.com, place your order for rock mapping and or rock picking services, and then complete your financial application. The entire process only takes about 10, 15 minutes, and you can have your plan for rocks this season taken care of while not worrying about payments until next year.
Tanner 3:38
And listeners, welcome back to the Farm for Profit podcast. This is Tanner. This is Corey. Oh, that was good. Yeah. This is Corey. Next on stage. No, you can't do that. Okay. That's not... That's not... That's ruined it. Oh, my God. What...
Corey 3:54
Hey, we are doing a subject that isn't the most sexy, so we've got to make it sexy. Are we doing accounting again? No.
Tanner 4:03
Is it sexier than accounting? It is.
Corey 4:06
It is, but not by much. Not by much.
Tanner 4:08
I thought you were going to say it doesn't take much. The numbers guy in me kind of likes those banking and accounting shows.

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