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AgweekTV for March 13-14, 2021. Written By: AgweekTV | 5:30 am, Mar. 13, 2021 Coming up on AgweekTV, we will take a look at the COVID-19 aid coming. We will discuss Tom Vilsack being back as U.S. Ag Secretary. We will take a look at farmers gearing up to plant more soybeans this season. We will dive into the March WASDE report. Finally, we will talk about meat packing plant employees being the next in line to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. COMING UP ON AGWEEK TV MORE COVID AID IS COMING BUT NOT IN THE FORM OF DIRECT PAYMENTS AND IT COULD HAVE AN IMPACT ON FUTURE FARM PROGRAM SPENDING.

Corn and soybean prices this year look a lot better to producers than they did at this time in 2020.  These better price prospects are giving growers some different options for 2021. Research sponsored by the J.L. Farmakis Company indicates that higher prices are allowing farmers to invest more in their operations and in the crops they will plan this spring. During a farmer panel discussion, Jasper County producer Kendell Culp said better prices let farmers look at crops in a different way, “Last year when the weather turned dry and our yield prospects were in question, at $3 a bushel we c...