AgAssist

Farmers: spend less time in the office and more time in the field. 🌱

AgAssist helps farms of all sizes with independent, unbiased farm business management — from input pricing and crop budgets to FSA reporting, inventory management, and grain marketing.

Whether you’re growing 5 acres or managing 10,000+, we’re here to help you save time, understand your numbers, and make more confident decisions.

📩 Learn more or connect with us: myagassist.com

Today, we remember and honor the brave men and women who gave their lives in service to our country.

May we never forget their sacrifice, their courage, and the families who carry their legacy forward.

Wishing everyone a wonderful Memorial Day.

🌽📊 The latest USDA WASDE report is sending mixed signals across grain markets — and NC growers need to stay sharp heading into summer.

Key takeaways for North Carolina grain producers:
• Corn supplies remain large, keeping pressure on prices despite strong export demand
• Soybean outlook is mixed with stronger crush demand but continued South American competition
• Wheat markets found support from tightening production concerns and weather stress in key regions

For NC farmers, this means:
✅ Marketing discipline matters more than ever
✅ Storage and basis opportunities could become critical
✅ Weather premiums may drive volatility through planting and pollination season

Bottom line: margins may stay tight, but volatility creates opportunity for growers who stay proactive with risk management and marketing plans.

🚜 SDRP Round 2 Update: Additional Payments Coming for Farmers 🌾

The USDA has announced a second Supplemental Disaster Relief Program (SDRP) payment for producers with approved applications tied to eligible 2023–2024 disaster losses.

💰 Payment factor increased from 35% to 70%
📈 Eligible producers will receive an additional 35% payment
📅 Application deadline extended to August 12, 2026
📍 Applies to both Stage 1 and Stage 2 SDRP

This update means stronger financial support for farmers recovering from weather-related losses such as drought, floods, hurricanes, and other qualifying disasters. ()

Contact your local USDA Farm Service Agency office to review your eligibility or update your application before the deadline.

Let us take the task of measuring acres and recording crops and plant dates on your FSA maps off your plate! Planting season is running full steam ahead as we send up prayers for some rain. AgAssist is here to help keep you out of the office and in the field!

🌱 Planting season is here! 🌱
As you get ready to hit the fields, make sure you have the right support behind you.

Agassst is your one-stop shop for:
✔️ Helping you get competitive input prices from all local retailers�✔️ Accurate FSA mapping�✔️ Strategic grain marketing support

Let us help you make the most of this season from start to finish. 🚜🌾

📞 Give us a call today at 252-883-6139 to learn how we can support your operation!

🌱 Meet **AgAssist**

Built to help farmers stay organized, save time, and make better decisions throughout the season.

From planning and tracking field activities to keeping records in one place, AgAssist is designed to support real farms and real workloads.

✔ Keep your operation organized
✔ Track what’s happening in your fields
✔ Spend less time on paperwork
✔ Focus more on what matters most

Simple. Practical. Built for farmers.

Learn more at: **myagassist.com** 🚜

He is risen! ✝️🌅
Celebrating the joy, hope, and promise of Easter today. Wishing everyone a blessed and beautiful day with family and friends. 💐

🌽📊 USDA March 31 Planting Intentions + Grain Stocks — What it means on the farm

Planting intentions (2026):
• Corn: 95.3M acres (↓ 3% from last year)
• Soybeans: 84.7M acres (↑ 4%)
• Wheat: 43.8M acres (↓ 3%)

➡️ Takeaway: nationwide shift away from corn and wheat toward soybeans again this spring.

Grain stocks as of March 1:
• Corn: 9.02B bu (↑ 11% vs last year)
• Soybeans: 2.10B bu (↑ 10%)
• Wheat: 1.30B bu (↑ 5%)

➡️ Takeaway: still plenty of grain in storage across the system.

What this likely means locally:
• Corn acres tightening some nationwide, but still large overall supply
• Bean acres expanding again
• Big on-farm stocks show many producers are still holding grain
• Weather + June acreage report will matter more from here

Next big USDA acreage update: late June.

🧭 1) Lock in supply FIRST, price second
Availability may become a bigger problem than cost.
Dealers may ration tons, Imports are disrupted, Spring demand is peaking
Up to 40% cost increases and actual shortages are already being reported in the U.S.

⚖️ 2) Don’t cut nitrogen blindly
Reducing N to “save money” can cost more in yield loss.
Nitrogen shortages threaten yields because it’s the most yield-limiting nutrient.
Better approach: optimize, not slash.
✔ Soil test + realistic yield goal
✔ Account for residual N
✔ Use variable-rate if possible
✔ Time applications to reduce losses

💧 3) Split applications to stretch supply
Especially effective in NC’s sandy Coastal Plain soils.
Instead of one heavy shot:
➡️ Preplant + sidedress
➡️ Apply closer to peak uptake
➡️ Reduce leaching risk
This improves efficiency and may allow slightly lower total N without yield loss.

🧪 4) Use stabilizers or enhanced-efficiency products
If N is expensive, protect every pound.
These help prevent:
Volatilization
Leaching
Denitrification
Higher cost per ton — but cheaper than losing N you already paid for.

🌱 5) Consider crop adjustments (if still possible)
Some growers nationwide are shifting away from high-N crops.
Legumes need far less synthetic nitrogen because they fix atmospheric N.
In Eastern NC context:
Soybeans = lowest N requirement
Peanuts = moderate (but Ca/K heavy)
Corn/Tobacco = high N

📦 6) Secure logistics early
Even if fertilizer exists, it may not arrive on time. The war disrupted shipping through a route carrying about one-third of global fertilizer trade.
Expect:
Delivery delays
Trucking shortages
Terminal bottlenecks