# USDA RMA Announces Continued Improvements To Sorghum Crop Insurance - Morning Ag Clips

> USDA's Risk Management Agency set the 2024 sorghum crop insurance price election factor at 100.2% of the corn price, the highest ever and above corn for the first time. Simplifications were also made to the sorghum silage policy and irrigated double-crop insurance.

- Date: 2023-12-06 · published 2023-12-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/32766-usda-rma-announces-continued-improvements-to-sorghum-crop-insurance-morning-ag
- Commodities: [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

A higher insured sorghum price relative to corn encourages farmers to expand sorghum plantings, which could add supply over time and pressure sorghum relative to corn.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral
- SORGHUM: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2021-08-06 | [Funding for river system improvements is moving forward – Ohio Ag Net \| Ohio's Country Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45467-funding-for-river-system-improvements-is-moving-forward-ohio-ag-net-ohio-s.md) | +0.3% | -5.6% |
| CORN | 2026-03-01 | [USDA Announces Enrollment Period for Farmer Bridge Payments](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20562-usda-announces-enrollment-period-for-farmer-bridge-payments.md) | +2.0% | +5.1% |
| CORN | 2018-03-15 | [News, Notices and Announcements for the Renewable Fuel Standard \| US EPA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65893-news-notices-and-announcements-for-the-renewable-fuel-standard-us-epa.md) | -1.7% | +2.8% |
| CORN | 2023-02-08 | [Irrigated sorghum now insurable \| Lamb County Leader-News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37387-irrigated-sorghum-now-insurable-lamb-county-leader-news.md) | -0.3% | -4.2% |
| CORN | 2025-12-08 | [Trump Administration Announces $12 Billion Farmer Bridge Payments for American Farmers Impacted by Unfair Market Disruptions \| USDA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21481-trump-administration-announces-12-billion-farmer-bridge-payments-for-american.md) | -1.0% | +0.0% |

## Sources

- morningagclips.com: https://www.morningagclips.com/usda-rma-announces-continued-improvements-to-sorghum-crop-insurance/

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