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2013

Insurance Updates Date HTML PDF
What Does ACRE Look Like For Texas? 5/23/13 View View
Farm Bill Means Testing Amendment 5/23/13 View View
Replacing the Harvest Price with a Private Harvest Price will Double Farmer Paid Premiums at Some Coverage Levels 5/23/13 View View
Where Did You Get Your Crystal Ball That Says Max Payment For KS? 5/21/13 View View
ACRE on Dryland Corn Pays in 2012, but 2013 is a Crap Shoot 5/20/13 View View
Farm Bill Debate Continues 5/1/13 View View
The “Real” Cost of Providing Crop Insurance 4/16/13 View View
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ACRE Guarantees Are Less Than You Think 3/22/13 View View
Is the 85% Revenue Protection (RP) Crop Insurance Contract Worth 3.5 Times the Premium Cost of 75% Coverage? 3/14/13 View View
Revenue Protection (RP) Crop Insurance Provides Low Cost “Puts” 3/14/13 View View
Last Call to Register for the KSU Webinar 3/11/13 View View
KSU Announces a Webinar on Selling Puts Covered by Crop Insurance 3/7/13 View View
Are You Sure there is No SURE for 2012 Crops? 3/6/13 View View
Grain Marketing Principles and Tools
 Presented at RAM I and RAM II Workshops, Hays and Marion, KS. Fe. 6-7 and Feb. 19, 2013. Dan O'Brien.   		2/20/13   View
Generic Power Points Slides Used in Final RAM Workshop 2/18/13 View View
2013 PowerPoint Slides Used in Crop Insurance Workshops 2/18/13   View
Final 2013 RAM Kansas Workshop in Hillsboro 2/13/13 View View

List of Alternative Ways to Reduce Farm Premium Subsidies in Crop Insurance
 Carl Zulauf, Ohio State University; Gary Schnitkey, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; and Art Barnaby, Kansas State University

2/4/13 View View
Not Too Late to Register for Marketing and Crop Insurance 2/4/13 View View
Farmers Who Cancel Their Revenue Coverage will only Save 2 Cents a Bushel! 2/1/13 View View
Marketing and Crop Insurance Basics Workshop 1/29/13 View View

2012

Insurance Updates Date HTML PDF
Will a Price Decline Cause a Catastrophic Reduction in Ag’s Safety Net? 12/19/12 View View
“Excessive” Insurance Company Profits 11/19/12 View View
Understanding the Standard Reinsurance Agreement, Explains Crop Insurance Companies’ Losses 11/15/12 View View
Pay One Loss in 25 Years and Crop Insurance is Runaway Program? 10/25/12 View View
Falling Corn and Soybean Prices Reduce Indemnity Payments for Most Farmers 10/05/12 View View
Is the Enterprise Unit Still a Good Buy? 9/26/12 View View
Fire and Moral Hazard 9/19/12 View View
One More Fire Twist 9/18/12 View View
Eliminate Commodity Programs? 9/18/12 View View
RMA “Stretches” Definition of Weather-Caused Fire 9/18/12 View View
Federal Crop Insurance Does Not Cover Fire Damage? 9/17/12 View View
NASS Yield Estimates May Cause Lower Corn Indemnity Payments 9/13/12 View View
2012 Drought and Crop Insurance
 Presented to Congressional Assistants Tour. August 30, 2012.  		 8/31/12   View
Revenue and Price Based Commodity Policy and Crop Insurance
 Presented at Minnesota Corn Growers Ag Leadership Conference, Risk and Profit Conference, and Illinois Ag Banker’s Conference.		 8/21/12   View
Soybean Yields are Slightly Worse in 2012 than in 1988 8/14/12 View View
Yield Deviation Below Trend is Better in Some Important Corn States Than in 1988 8/10/12 View View
Are Crop Insurance Payments Excessive? 8/3/12 View View
Does Your Estimate of the 2012 Underwriting Loss Account for the Higher Price? 7/27/12 View View
How Large is the 2012 Crop Insurance Underwriting Loss? 7/26/12 View View
What is the Maximum Crop Insurance Price and Can My Insurance Company Pay the Indemnity Payment? 7/23/12 View View
Is the 2012 Drought Worse than the 1988 Drought? 7/18/12 View View
A Proposed Increase in Farmer Paid Premiums for Those Over the AGI Limit 7/13/12 View View
Little Farm Left in the Farm Bill 6/11/12 View View
Proposed Means Testing for Eligibility to Purchase Crop Insurance 6/8/12 View View
Environmental Working Group Wants Crop Insurance Subsidy Eliminated for “Big” Farmers 6/1/12 View View
Will a $40,000 Premium Subsidy Limit Affect “Family Farmers? 5/31/12 View View
Is Congress Sure a $40,000 Limit Will Only Affect “Big” Farms? 5/24/12 View View
USA Revenue Insurance on Crops
Presented at Crop Insurance Conference. Bangkok, Thailand. April 26, 2012. Art Barnaby   		5/1/12   View
Revenue Loss Assistance Program vs. Crop Insurance 4/12/12 View View
Five Year Flex Law Will Allow Irrigated Crop Insurance Coverage in Kansas  3/12/12 View View
Crop Insurance on Limited-Irrigated Corn 3/9/12 View View
Selling Covered Puts  3/1/12 View View
Should I Cut Premium Cost by Changing from Revenue Protection to Yield Protection?
 Presented at RAM II Workshop. Plainview, TX. February 1-2, 2012. Art Barnaby 		2/1/12   View
Marketing Basics: Cash Sale, Forward Contracts, Put Options, and
Introduction to Grain Marketing: Forward Contracts, Options & Futures
 Presented at RAM I and RAM II Workshops, Salina, KS. January 26-27, 2012. Dan O'Brien.   		1/26/12   View

2011

Insurance Updates Date HTML PDF
Margin Account Risk, Who Knew?  12/16/11 View View
Is Revenue Insurance Too Expensive?  A Workshop to Answer the Question 11/17/11 View View
Do Administrative Costs Count in The Farm Bill?  11/16/11 View View
Ignoring Underwriting Increases Costs for Commodity Programs  10/24/11 View View
Why is the Farm Bill so Complicated?  10/20/11 View View
Crop Insurance Coverage on Land with Over-Pumped Wells  10/18/11 View View
Overstated Late Planting Reduction  6/1/11 View View
The Prevented Planting Decision is Really Complicated  5/27/11 View View
Estimate for 2010 & 2011 Grain Sorghum ACRE Payments  5/24/11 View View
Estimate for 2010 & 2011 Soybean ACRE Payments  5/24/11 View View
Estimate for 2010 & 2011 Corn ACRE Payments  5/19/11 View View
Estimate for 2010 & 2011 Wheat ACRE Payments  5/17/11 View View
Replace Loan and Cover Put Sales with a Disappearing Deductible in RP 4/19/11 View View
Conspiracy or is USDA just betting on Summer Rains?  3/28/11 View View
Student Checking on Dad’s Crop Insurance 3/17/11 View View
Selling Covered Puts on Soybeans  3/17/11 View View
Selling Covered Put Options 3/14/11 View View
Crop Insurance Provides “Low” Cost Price Protection  3/11/11 View View
Risk Management Education Provided in RAM II Workshop 2/28/11   View
Farmers Who Cancel Their Revenue Coverage will only Save 2 Cents!  2/10/11 View View
Bloomberg Interview Seen by 1 Farmer 2/10/11 View View
RMA’s Volatility Factor Calculation Methodology  2/4/11 View View
Buy the More Expensive Revenue Protection and Sell off Part of the Coverage 1/7/11 View View
Are You Doing a Risk/Crop Insurance Workshop in Wichita? 1/7/11 View View
2011 Volatility Factor? 1/4/11 View View

2010

Insurance Updates Date HTML PDF
SRA Will Cut Agent Commission Rates, Perhaps Below 10% 10/26/10 View View
The 4-State Conference Will Provide Understanding of the New Crop Insurance Program 10/22/10 View View
NASS Final MYA Price Released for 2009 ACRE 9/29/10 View View
Here We Go Again, Ad Hoc Disaster Aid 9/24/10 View View
CCIP’s Enterprise Unit Discount based on Acres, not Sections 9/10/10 View View
Yield Protection Crop Insurance Will Have the Same Yield Coverage as Revenue Protection, but RP is Expected to be the Preferred Choice 9/09/10 View View
MYA 2010/11 Price Estimates for ACRE 8/02/10 View View
Don’t get Caught with Your Marketing and Crop Insurance on the Wrong Side of the Basis When it Narrows 7/22/10 View View
Why Have the KC Wheat Futures and Cash Prices Not Converged? 7/14/10 View View
Wide Basis also affects Crop Insurance, but Less than Most Farmers Think 7/09/10 View View
MYA 2010/11 Price Estimates for ACRE 6/01/10 View View
Current Market Value of ACRE 5/25/10 View View
KSU Releases First Estimate for 2010/11 MYA Price 5/12/10 View View
Updated MYA 2009/10 Price Estimates for ACRE 5/11/10 View View
Updated MYA 2009/10 Price Estimates for ACRE 4/08/10 View View
Interpreting SURE Eligibility Rules is a Minefield 3/23/10 View View
Some Growers will be Caught “Napping”, Saving $250 will cost some farmers a SURE payment 3/17/10 View View
Your Enterprise Recommendation Doesn’t Work For Us! 3/12/10 View View
Expected ACRE Payments Update With NASS Yields 3/09/10 View View
SURE Is Not Your Father’s Disaster Program 3/08/10 View View
Updated MYA 2009/10 Price Estimates for ACRE 3/01/10 View View
Webinar and RAM Workshops to Cover ACRE, SURE, Crop Insurance and Marketing 2/16/10 View View
Updated MYA 2009/10 Price Estimates for ACRE 2/10/10 View View
KSU Announces a Webinar on SURE 1/28/10 View View
Updated MYA 2009/10 Price Estimates for ACRE 1/14/10 View View

2009

Insurance Updates Date HTML PDF
Updated MYA 2009/10 Price Estimates for ACRE 12/10/09 View View
FSA Writes KSU is Forecasting an ACRE Payment; Correct? 12/22/09 View View

Wheat Will Likely Benefit the Most From ACRE?

 12/17/09 View View
Updated MYA 2009/10 Price Estimates for ACRE 12/10/09 View View

MYA Prices Increase, Causing Lower Estimated ACRE Payments

 11/02/09 View View

Lower MYA Prices Mean Higher ACRE Payments

 10/09/09 View View
Updated MYA 2009/10 Price Estimates for ACRE 10/09/09 View View

Evaluation of KSU ACRE Education Program

 8/28/09 View View
Updated MYA 2009/10 Price Estimates for ACRE 8/24/09 View View

State Rank and Crop Most Likely to Collect ACRE Payments

 8/14/09 View View
Updated MYA 2009/10 Price Estimates for ACRE 7/31/09 View View

Webinar Registration Deadline Extended

 7/27/09 View View
Will Your Webinar Cover Idaho or Just Kansas? 7/24/09 View View

Updated MYA 2009/10 Price Estimates for ACRE

 7/10/09 View View
Will ACRE Pay on My Farm? 7/07/09 View View

Estimated 2009 ACRE Payments for Selected Winter Wheat States

 7/02/09 View View
More Questions/Comments on ACRE 6/30/09 View View

Updated MYA 2009/10 Price Estimates for ACRE

 6/30/09 View View
Is there an Adjustment to the 2009 Texas Wheat Yield for ACRE? 6/19/09 View View

ACRE Questions

 6/09/09 View View
Updated MYA 2008/09 and 2009/10 Price Estimates for SURE 6/05/09 View View

Updated MYA 2009/10 Price Estimates for ACRE

 6/05/09 View View
Will Planting a Subsequent Crop Penalize Me on a SURE Payment? 6/01/09 View View

Updated MYA 2009/10 Price Estimates

 5/22/09 View View
Will Prevented Planted Acres Increase ACRE Payments? 5/19/09 View View

Will SURE Include Prevented Planting as a Peril?

 5/15/09 View View
More KS Counties Approved for 2008 Disaster Assistance under SURE 5/13/09 View View

Weigh Cropping Choices Following Wheat or Failed Wheat Carefully - (Rodney Jones, Oklahoma State University)

 5/13/09 View View
2008 Kansas Disaster Declarations (Kansas map) 5/11/09   View

Under Some Conditions NAP Coverage is Not Required for SURE Eligibility

 4/24/09 View View
Planting Could Cost Farmers Revenue 4/20/09 View View

ACRE Calculator and Free ACRE Seminar on the WEB

 4/17/09 View View
No Free Lunch 4/16/09 View View

SURE and ACRE Presentations - Updated

 4/15/09   View
Updated MYA Prices for Setting ACRE Guarantees 4/06/09 View View

Barnaby Encourages Producers to Do Their Homework Before Choosing ACRE and SURE

 4/06/09 View View
FSA Releases ACRE Material 3/17/09 Link to FSA  

Do You have a Simple Crop Insurance Recommendation?

 3/12/09 View View
Should Farmers Cut Their Fertilizer to Claim CRC Payments? 3/10/09 View Download
Comments and Questions on SURE & Crop Insurance 3/01/09 View Download

Comments and Questions on ACRE

 3/01/09 View Download
2009 Recommendations for DCCP, ACRE, SURE, & Crop Insurance 2/22/09 View Download

Does 85% Coverage Make Sense?

 2/22/09 View Download
Estimates for High/Low Factors and Volatility 2/16/09 View Download

SURE and ACRE Presentations

 2/16/09   View

2008

Video Date View Media
2008 Iowa Insurance Workshop Presentation  VIEW INTRO
NOTE: Some content (including jokes) is specific to Iowa. 		11/19/08 View
2007 Insurance Workshop Video (Windows Media) 1/10/08 View
Spreadsheet Decision Tool Date Excel Tool PDF paper
AGR-Lite Spreadsheet Decision Tool: Rich Llewelyn and Art Barnaby 6/24/08 Download Download
Insurance Updates Date HTML PDF
Estimates for High/Low Factors and Volatility 2/16/09 View Download

SURE and ACRE Presentations

 2/16/09   View
Introduction about 2008 Iowa Insurance Workshop 11/19/08 View Download

2008 Insurance Workshop Presentations

 11/13/08   View
Updated PPT Slides for SURE and ACRE 11/13/08   Download

Lower Price will Trigger Many Revenue Insurance Contracts

 10/20/08 View Download
Texas A&M SURE Calculator 10/07/08 View Download

Power Point Slides on SURE & ACRE

 10/03/08   Download
Technical Corrections to SURE 10/03/08 View Download

SURE and Crop Insurance Sign-up

 9/26/08 View Download
SURE Eligibility Requirements 9/15/08 View Download

FSA SURE Calculator

 8/28/08 View Download
Debate Continues on FSA Implementation Rules for ACRE and SURE 8/22/08 View Download
Rules Undefined for ACRE (Revenue Insurance) and SURE (Disaster Aid) 8/04/08 View Download
ACRE Program on Corn # 1 (Updated) 7/14/08 View Download
ACRE Program on Corn # 2 (Updated) 7/14/08 View Download
ACRE Program on Wheat # 1 (Updated) 7/14/08 View Download
ACRE Program on Wheat # 2 (Updated) 7/14/08 View Download
ACRE Program on Grain Sorghum (Updated) 7/14/08 View Download
ACRE Program on Soybeans (Updated) 7/14/08 View Download
ACRE Program on Cotton 7/14/08 View Download
ACRE Program on Rice 7/14/08 View Download
Is Crop Insurance a Better Buy than ACRE? 5/27/08 View Download
Is There an Error in Your 10% ACRE Cap? 5/26/08 View Download
Will ACRE work on Kansas wheat? 5/26/08 View Download
Rush to Sign Up for Farm Program? 6/26/08 View Download
OSU Farm Bill Papers 6/05/08 View  
Agri-Pulse published summary of ACRE 6/04/08 View Download
Fuel vs. Food 5/01/08 View Download
Questions and Comments on 2008 Crop Insurance 3/14/08 View Download
AGR-Lite Workshop Presentation: KANSAS 2/06/08   PPT
AGR-Lite Workshop Presentation: COLORADO 2/06/08   PPT

2007

Title Date HTML PDF
Update Crop Insurance Experience with 2007 Rates 11/15/07 View Download 
No Disaster Cuts are Likely for 2007 Insured Wheat Farmers
 10/31/07 View Download
Durbin-Brown Expected State Yields 10/17/07 View Download 
Would you pay more in premiums than the maximum indemnity payment?
 09/30/07 View Download
Agricultural Disaster Assistance: Potential Impact on Kansas and Nebraska 06/20/07 View Download

2006

Title Date HTML PDF
GRIP and GRP Provide an Alternative Crop Insurance Choice to Kansas Wheat Growers Suffering with a Reduced APH 09/15/06 View Download
District 90, Southeast KS, GRIP\GRP County Wheat Yield Analysis 09/19/06 View Download
District 80, East Central KS, GRIP\GRP County Wheat Yield Analysis 09/19/06 View Download
District 70, Northeast KS, GRIP\GRP County Wheat Yield Analysis 09/19/06 View Download
District 60, South Central KS, GRIP\GRP County Wheat Yield Analysis 09/19/06 View Download
District 50, Central KS, GRIP\GRP County Wheat Yield Analysis 09/19/06 View Download
District 40, North Central KS, GRIP\GRP County Wheat Yield Analysis 09/19/06 View Download
District 20, West Central Kansas, GRIP\GRP County Yield Analysis 09/19/06 View Download
District 30, Southwest Central Kansas, GRIP\GRP County Yield Analysis 09/19/06 View Download
District 10, Northwest Kansas, GRIP\GRP County Yield Analysis 09/19/06 View Download
Multiple Benefit Rule Does Not Affect GRIP/GRP 09/06/06 View Download
Will the Shorten Price Discovery Period Prevent the Combo Policy from Offering Revenue Coverage? 09/01/06 View Download
Risk Management Agency’s Proposed Rule Changes for “New Combo” APH and Revenue Crop Insurance 08/28/06 View Download
Agricultural Disaster Assistance: Potential Impact on Kansas and Nebraska 05/23/06 View Download

 

2005
Title Date HTML PDF
GRIP/GRP added in Kansas Counties for Wheat in 2006 (Updated) 09/19/05 View Download
2004 Insured Kansas acres exceeded Texas 07/22/05 View Download
Safety Net “Hole” Caused by Multiple Year and “Shallow” Crop Losses 06/26/05 View Download
De Minimus Yields and Development of New APH Options 05/18/05 View Download
Comparing LRP to a Put Option 04/08/05   Download
USDA Defines the Disaster Assistance Program 03/23/05 View Download
GRIP/GRP Analysis of Selected Non-Kansas Counties 03/14/05 View Download
GRIP/GRP Analysis of Selected Kansas Corn Counties 03/14/05   Download
GRIP/GRP Analysis of Selected Kansas Soybean Counties 03/14/05 View Download
GRIP/GRP Analysis of Selected Kansas Milo Counties 03/14/05   Download
GRIP/GRP added in New Kansas Counties for 2005 03/14/05 View Download
November Soybean Prices Already in to the CRC $3 Price Limit 03/09/05 View Download
 
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