October 30, 2002
Insurance and Risk Management Workshops Address New Farm Bill, Drought
LINCOLN, Neb. — This year's drought and the new farm bill are the focus of an insurance and risk management workshop Nov. 13 in Grand Island.
The session, "Challenges Facing Crop Insurance and Risk Management with the New Farm Bill," will help crop insurance agents, growers, agricultural lenders and other financial consultants provide better risk management strategies and advice to their clients, said Doug Jose, University of Nebraska farm management specialist. Registration is 7-8:30 a.m. with the conference concluding by 4 p.m.
The Grand Island session, at the Interstate 80 Holiday Inn, is one of three risk management workshops jointly sponsored by NU Cooperative Extension, Kansas State University Research and Extension and Colorado State University Cooperative Extension in cooperation with National Crop Insurance Services.
Workshops also will be Nov. 12 at the Holiday Inn in Hays, Kan., and Nov. 14 at the Brush Fairgrounds Event Center in Brush, Colo.
Topics include: understanding the new farm bill, analysis of weather patterns, controlling fraud and abuse, current Great Plains crop insurance issues, legislation concerning crop insurance, impacts of drought on agriculture – a lender's perspective, servicing the customer and crop insurance challenges for the Great Plains.
Presenters are: G.A. (Art) Barnaby Jr., KSU agricultural economist; Arthur Carroll of Limerick, Maine, secretary of the National Association of Crop Insurance Agents; Rebecca Davis of Topeka, Kan., director of the regional office for the Risk Management Agency; Al Dutcher, NU state climatologist; Roy Frederick, NU agricultural economist; Russ Groshans, agricultural lender in Eaton, Colo.; John Hanson, senior agricultural advisor to Rep. Tom Osborne (R-Neb.); Scott Hill, vice president of the Lauritzen Corp. at First National of Omaha; Dennis Kaan, CSU Golden Plains Extension director and regional farm/ranch management economist; Brad Lubben, KSU agricultural economist; Neil Smith, senior vice president, First National Bank of Liberal, Kan.; and Alvin Gilmore, director of Central Regional Compliance Office, Risk Management Agency, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Cost is $65 before Nov. 6 and $90 after and includes instruction, handout materials, lunch and refreshments. An application has been made for continuing education credit.
For more information or to register, contact NU's Agricultural Economics Department, Room 308A Filley Hall, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Neb. 68583-0922, call (402)472-2039, fax (402)472-0776 or visit the Web site at Risk Assessed Marketing.
Cooperative Extension is part of NU's Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
10/30/02-SA Doug Jose - Ph.D.
Agricultural Economics Professor (402) 472-1749
 
Sandi Alswager Karstens IANR News and Photography (402) 472-3030
Department:
Agricultural Economics
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