i'm strug welling that now. coming off two poor production years, i find myself much more risk adverse than normal. as such, the recent up trends in grain prices are almost too good to be true for me. my availability bias has me selling these prices. at the same time, i acknowledge that my thinking may not be truly an littic. my experience is a rare event when you can be irrational and still make money. oof let's get start with the news and al pell. >> thanks, john. good morning, everyone. starting monday, producers who had crop losses in 2008 can start signing up for a new federal program called s. u. r. e. the supplemental assistant revenue program. for farmers who had crop losses can head to their county sfa offices starting january 4. s. u. r. e. provides crop disaster assistance to farmerselle jibl. to be eligible for sure, producers must have suffered at least a 10% production loss on a crop of economic significance. we'll post a link on our home page for more details. >>> in related news, all but one coun