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AgManager Crop Insurance and Risk: Press Releases
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Crops: Insurance and Risk

Radio Interviews with Art Barnaby

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K-State risk management specialist Art Barnaby comments on a new study looking at the likely impact on corn prices if the federal ethanol production mandate and ethanol tax credits were eliminated. May 2, 2008 Download
K-State risk management specialist Art Barnaby looks at crop insurance choices for spring-planted crops. With the deadline for enrolling rapidly approaching. Art discusses whether a producer should think about cutting back on coverage in light of higher premiums. March 13, 2008 Part 1

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K-State risk management specialist Art Barnaby has an update on pivotal changes in crop insurance coverage. February 4, 2008 Download
K-State risk management specialist Art Barnaby talks about the new insurance tool available to crop and livestock producers to manage commodity risk, based on adjusted gross revenue..."AGR-lite." January 28, 2008 Download
K-State crop risk management specialist Art Barnaby discusses insured wheat producers who are applying for 2007 crop disaster assistance. Also, in the farm bill debate, Art talks about the notion in some congressional circles that wheat production regions like Kansas aren't carrying their weight, when it comes to the fiscal soundness of the crop insurance program. November 9, 2007 Download
K-State crop risk management specialist Art Barnaby has information on the series of ag insurance workshops taking place next week in Kansas, Nebraska and Colorado. October 31, 2007 Download
Risk management specialist Art Barnaby shares his analysis of the new Average Crop Revenue (ACR) option in the Senate version of the 2007 Farm Bill...which may not serve wheat producers in the Great Plains all that well. October 26, 2007 Download
K-State crop risk management specialist Art Barnaby has last-minute comments for wheat producers on insurance coverage for the 2008 crop, focusing on a premium rate issue that may affect farmers whose actual production history yields have been dropping in recent years. September 28, 2007 Download
K-State crop risk management specialist Art Barnaby looks at the options wheat producers have, in taking out crop insurance on their 2008 production, with the enrollment deadline just over two weeks away. September 12, 2007 Download
K-State agricultural economist Art Barnaby offers his in-depth analysis of the two leading 2007 Farm Bill proposals now up for consideration in the Senate, and the "safety net" protection they offer to crop producers. September 10, 2007 Download
K-State crop risk management specialist Art Barnaby reviews the 2007 Farm Bill proposal by the U.S. House and its implications for the crop insurance program. He also looks at a proposal in the Senate that would link a revenue-based farm program payment system to crop insurance coverage. August 2, 2007 Part 1

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K-State crop risk management specialist Art Barnaby discusses several wheat crop loss matters, including producer eligibility for crop quality loss compensation, as part of their insurance coverage and as part of the new disaster assistance package now being finalized. July 13, 2007 Download
K-State crop risk management specialist Art Barnaby talks about the options available to wheat growers who insured their crops, should freeze damage turn out to be formidable in their stands. April 13, 2007 Download
K-State crop risk management specialist Art Barnaby has some final thoughts on insurance options for 2007 row crops. March 15th is the final day to take out, or change, crop insurance policies covering this year's production. March 15, 2007 Download
K-State crop risk management specialist Art Barnaby looks at how the surging grain markets are influencing row crop insurance coverage for 2007, and how this impacts a grower's risk management strategy. January 25, 2007 Download
K-State risk management specialist Art Barnaby talks about the new agricultural insurance program that the USDA is making available to Kansas producers for the first time...a revenue protection program called Adjusted Gross Revenue "Lite" or AGR-Lite. November 17, 2006 Download

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