NDSU Sets Crop Insurance Conference for Jan. 16

The annual crop insurance conference sponsored by the North Dakota State University Extension Service will be held in Fargo on Monday, Jan. 16, at the Ramada Plaza Suites. Registration begins at 8 a.m. Presentations begin at 8:30 a.m. and will conclude at 4:30 p.m.

Topics include:

• Business ethics
• Prospects for crop insurance in the 2012 farm bill
• Current crop insurance issues
• Cost of production/insurance coverage levels
• An update from the Risk Management Agency
• Perspectives from crop insurance companies
• Outlook for the 2012 farm bill
• U.S. economic outlook

Featured speakers include William Murphy, Risk Management Agency administrator in Washington, D.C., and Doug Hagel, Risk Management Agency regional office director in Billings, Montana.

The conference will be helpful to insurance agents, farmers, agricultural lenders, farm managers, farm management educators and is open to the public.

Insurance continuing education credits for North and South Dakota have been approved and are pending in Minnesota.

The registration fee is $110 per person. The fee includes lunch, breaks and conference materials. Preregistration by Jan. 6 is encouraged. To register, go to http://tinyurl.com/dxrnkh or call (701) 231-8642.

NDSU Agriculture Communication