DATE:  JANUARY 11 (Classroom credits 9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.)
           JANUARY 12 (Ethics credits 9:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.)

This meeting will be presented via Zoom

Registration Fee: $60

Registration: Register online (registration is now closed)  Mail-in registrations will not be offered this year.

Insurance Continuing Education Credit:

• North Dakota (6 crop hail and 2 ethics credits – approved)
• South Dakota (4 crop credits – approved)
• Minnesota (6 general and 2 ethics credits – pending)

Agenda: pdf

Presentations:
Tara Smith pdf
David Zanoni pdf
Daryl Ritchison (unavailable)
Jim Wiesemeyer pdf
Michael Swanson pdf
Boz Bostrom pdf

Monday, January 11, 2020

PART 1 –CROP-HAIL/GENERAL (6.0 hour c.e. credits)

 Time                                                 Topic

   9:00 AM                            Technology check-in and welcome

   9:15 AM                             Crop Insurance Industry and Farm Policy Update

                                            Tara Smith, Federal Affairs Vice President, Crop Insurance and Reinsurance Bureau, Inc.

 10:15 AM                             BREAK

 10:30 AM                             Crop Insurance Trends and Recent Program Changes

                                            David Zanoni, Senior Underwriter, USDA Risk Management Agency

 11:30 AM                             2021 Weather Outlook

                                            Daryl Ritchison, Director of the North Dakota Agricultural Weather Network

 12:30 PM                             LUNCH                                 

 1:15   PM                             Washington Update

                                            Jim Wiesemeyer, Policy Analyst, ProFarmer            

 2:15   PM                             BREAK

 2:30   PM                             Outlook for the Agricultural Economy

                                            Dr. Michael Swanson, Chief Agricultural Economist, Wells-Fargo

3:30   PM                              Adjourn – Day 1:  Program evaluations emailed after the program concludes.

Tuesday, January 12, 2020

PART 2 – ETHICS (2.0 hours c.e. credits)

Time                                                  Topic

  9:00  AM                             Technology check-in and welcome

  9:15  AM                             Current Issues in Business Ethics

                                            Boz Bostrom, Associate Professor, St. Benedict/St. John’s University

 10:15 AM                             BREAK

 10:30 AM                             Current Issues in Business Ethics (continued)

 11:15 AM                             Adjourn - Day 2:  Program evaluations emailed after the program concludes.