USDA sets the crop insurance price guarantees based on the average settlement for December corn futures and November soybean futures during the month of February. Farmers can at least lock in those prices at 75 to 85 percent coverage and can purchase buy-up harvest price coverage. The harvest price is the average of the October close of the same contracts. As of Friday, December corn futures averaged $4.75 per bushel, down from last year’s crop insurance price guarantee of $5.91 per bushel. The harvest price was $4.88 per bushel.
November soybean futures averaged $11.74 as of Friday, down from last year’s crop insurance price guarantee of $13.76 per bushel. The harvest price was $12.84 per bushel.
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