IN THIS ISSUE
- CCPC Director Application Available
- Apply to be on an NCGA Action Team
- State of the Corn Economy 2Q End Report and Webinar Recording
- Upcoming 2023 Research Station Field Days
- Colorado Water Center Courses at CSU - The South Platte River – Colorado’s Lifeblood
- USDA's NRCS in Colorado is Hiring...Soil Conservation Technicians
- Prevented Planting Request for Information and Stakeholder Listening Sessions
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CCPC Director Application Available | |
Apply to be on an NCGA Action Team | |
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Would you like to be considered for a position on an NCGA Action Team or Committee for 2024? If so, now is the time!
Action Team and Committee Applications are attached to this email in Word and PDF.
Positions are available on all Action Teams and Committees:
- Corn Political Action Committee
- Ethanol Action Team
- Market Development Action Team
- Member & Consumer Engagement Action Team
- Production Technology Access Action Team
- Resolutions Committee
- Risk Management & Transportation Action Team
- Stewardship Action Team
- Sustainability Ag Research Action Team
Action Team and Committee applications are due into the Colorado Corn Promotion Council office by COB Wednesday, August 16, 2023. Please email info@coloradocorn.com for more info and for an application.
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State of the Corn Economy 2Q End Report and Webinar Recording | |
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In the second quarter of 2023, drought was a big concern for corn growers. Despite drought concerns throughout the growing season, the U.S. is on track for record corn production, as of the July projections. While earlier in the season many were expecting corn yields to drop further from the initial trend yield projections, that isn’t as clear now as weather has turned more positive. The outlook for record corn production for 2023/24 is dampening price expectations. The USDA is projecting a $4.80 per bushel market year average price for 2023/24, a drop of $1.80 per bushel from 2022/23. Although the most recent cost of production forecast for 2023 shows relief in farm inputs, higher costs for interest and overhead expenses are keeping the total cost of growing corn elevated. Price expectations for 2023/24 are 27% lower than last year while the total cost of production is only 2.5% lower, putting pressure on farm margins for many corn farmers.
Q2 Economic Report
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Upcoming 2023 Research Station Field Days | |
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There are three upcoming Field Days that you are invited to participate in!
Water Management & Systems Research Unit: How Crops Work in Semi-arid Climates
- Date: August 15, 9am-2pm
- Location: USDA-ARS Limited Irrigation Research Farm (LIRF) 30900 Weld County Rd 45, Greeley, CO (SE corner, CR45 & CR64)
- Contact: Kyle Mankin, kyle.mankin@usda.gov 970-492-7401
- More Info Here
USDA-ARS Dryland Agricultural Research 114th Field Day
Western Colorado Research Center Grand Valley Farm Tour and Field Day
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Colorado Water Center Courses at CSU - The South Platte River – Colorado’s Lifeblood | |
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Each fall the Colorado Water Center offers an interdisciplinary seminar series emphasizing issues important to the water resources community. Content relates to a preselected theme each semester and features prominent speakers from around the region.
Schedule: Tuesdays 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Location: Virtual and in person at Natural Resources Building Room 109
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USDA's NRCS in Colorado is Hiring...Soil Conservation Technicians | |
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Soil Conservation Technician Applications
Accepted until August 14, 2023
The NRCS in Colorado is currently accepting applications for Soil Conservation Technicians. In this position you will:
- work with landowners to apply and maintain conservation practices and reviews financial assistance requests under federal, state and possibly local agriculture programs,
- gather and compile planning data on rural and/or urban sites, including physical features such as soil limitations, erosion, surface drainage, sedimentation, and other natural resource data,
- prepare basic natural resources conservation plans where soil survey information is available,
- schedule follow up with landowners or operators to check progress of conservation practices that are under construction, and so much more.
Locations will be Negotiable: Akron, Alamosa, Brighton, Burlington, Cortez, Durango, Greeley, Gunnison, Holyoke, Longmont, Simla, Steamboat Springs, Sterling, Walsenburg, Kremmling, and Glenwood Springs. Applicants interested in locations not specifically listed on the announcement are encouraged to communicate/negotiate location availability during the interview stage. To apply or for more information, please visit: USAJOBS - Job Announcement: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/740407800#
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Prevented Planting Request for Information and Stakeholder Listening Sessions | |
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RMA is gathering feedback on possible changes to prevented planting crop insurance coverage through a request for information (published May 23, 2023) as well as virtual and in-person listening sessions. These feedback opportunities will enable RMA to provide better crop insurance options.
Request for Information
The request for information on prevented planting requests input on prevented planting topics to include:
- Harvest Price Option – Feedback on whether to allow the prevented planting payment calculations to be based on the higher of projected price or harvest price under the revenue protection plan of insurance.
- “1 in 4” Rule – Input on the challenges or experiences since the rule (to be eligible for a prevented planting coverage acreage must have been planted to a crop, insured, and harvested in at least 1 out of the previous 4 crop years) was implemented nationwide.
- 10 percent additional coverage option – Input on if RMA should reinstate the option to buy-up prevented planting coverage by 10 percent.
- Contract price – Whether prevented planting costs are higher for contracted crops and how prevented planting payments should be calculated for contract crops.
- General – Willingness to pay additional premium for expanded prevented planting benefits, recommendations on other prevented planting limitations, etc.
Comments are due September 1, 2023, and they should be submitted through regulations.gov. The request for information, which includes details for submitting feedback, is available in this Federal Register notice.
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UPCOMING DEADLINES
- CCPC Director Applications Due - August 15, 2023
- NCGA A-Team Applications Due - August 16, 2023
- RMA Comments Due - Sept. 1, 2023
- Margin Protection Insurance Plan – Sept. 30, 2023
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UPCOMING EVENTS
- August 15 - USDA-ARS Limited Irrigation Research Farm Field Day
- August 16 - USDA-ARS Dryland Agricultural Research 114th Field Day
- August 25 - Big Friend Ag Celebration
- August 25-Sept 4 - Colorado State Fair
- August 29 - Western Colorado Research Center Grand Valley Farm Tour and Field Day
- August 30 - CCPC Board Meeting
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Who is the Colorado Corn Council? | | |
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The Colorado Corn Promotion Council (CCPC) oversees how Colorado's corn check-off dollars (one penny per bushel of grain corn produced in Colorado) are invested in research, market development, outreach and other various endeavors.
Learn more about the work of our organization at www.coloradocorn.com.
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