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AgManager.info: Crop Insurance Workshop
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The 2009 Insurance Workshops
will be held in:
Brush, Colorado (November
10)
Grand Island, Nebraska
(November 11)
Salina, Kansas (November 12)
Enid, Oklahoma (November 13)
Download 2009 Insurance
Workshop registration brochure (PDF)
To Register
On-Line for the Kansas Workshop:
http://cariregistration.unl.edu/CourseStatus.awp?~~09CROPKS1112 |
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This one-day
workshop will help crop insurance agents, agricultural lenders,
farmers/ranchers, and other financial consultants provide better risk management
information and advice to their clients or apply to their farm-ranch. |
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SCHEDULE |
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TIME |
EVENT or TOPIC |
SPEAKER |
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8:00 am |
Registration |
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9:00-9:45 am |
The Economic Situation - Are We
on the Road to Recovery? |
Cary Sandell
Vice President and Relationship Manager
Midwest Food and Agribusiness
Regional Commercial Banking Office,
Wells Fargo Bank |
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9:45-10:15 am |
Break |
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10:15-11:10 am |
Managing Risk with the New Farm
Income Safety Net |
Troy Dumler
Extension Economist, SW Area
Dept. of Agricultural Economics
Kansas State University |
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11:10-12:00 am |
How Will SURE Change Crop Insurance Decisions and Farm Program
Participation? |
Dr. G.A. (Art) Barnaby
Professor, Risk Management
Dept. of Agricultural Economics
Kansas State University |
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12:00-1:00 pm |
Lunch |
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1:00-2:00 pm |
Grain and Oilseed
Outlook:
Short-Term and the Long view |
Dr. Michael Woolverton
Professor, Crop Marketing
Dept. of Agricultural Economics
Kansas State University |
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2:00-2:45 pm |
Actuarial and
Underwriting Changes for the 2010 Crop Year |
Rebecca Davis
Director, Regional Office
Risk Management Agency (RMA) |
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2:45-3:15 pm |
Break |
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3:15-4:15 pm |
The Risks and Rewards of
Agricultural Contracting |
Shannon Ferrell
Assistant Professor
Agricultural Law and Agricultural Economics
Oklahoma State University |
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4:15 pm |
Closing Remarks/
Signup for Continuing Education |
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Much of the program is
policy-oriented, beginning discussion of the macroeconomy, the recession and
recovery. Managing risk with the new farm income safety net in the 2008 farm
bill includes discussion of the ACRE program and the standing disaster program,
SURE. Risks in the commodity markets due to high and volatile grain and oilseed
prices will also be discussed. Representatives from the USDA Risk Management
agency will discuss actuarial and underwriting changes for the 2010 crop year
and the program will close with a discussion dealing with agricultural
contracting. |
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For more information, contact Rich Llewelyn at the phone or email below:
Phone: 785-532-1504
Email:
rvl@ksu.edu |
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Notice of Nondiscrimination
Kansas State University is committed to nondiscrimination on the basis of race,
sex, national origin, disability, religion, age, sexual orientation, or other
non-merit reasons, in admissions, educational programs or activities and
employment (including employment of disabled veterans and veterans of the
Vietnam Era), as required by applicable laws and regulations. Responsibility for
coordination of compliance efforts and receipt of inquiries concerning Title VI
of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972,
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Age Discrimination Act of
1975, and the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, has been delegated to
Clyde Howard, Director of Affirmative Action, Kansas State University, 214
Anderson Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506-0124, 785-532-6220. Revised April 28, 2003.
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