2022 Minnesota Crop Insurance Conference
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2022 Agenda & Presentations
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Wednesday, September 14, 2022
1:00 p.m. Welcome
1:05 p.m. Crop Insurance is the Most Reliable Input of All, Mike Swanson, Chief Agricultural Economist, Wells Fargo
1:55 p.m. Washington Update, Stephen Frerichs, President, AgVantage, LLC
2:45 p.m. Break
3:15 p.m. Announcements
3:20 p.m. Farmer Perspectives on Using Crop Insurance
- Kindra Carlson, Carlson Dairy, LLP
- Kristin Duncanson, Highland Family Farms
- Nate Hultgren, Hultgren Farms
4:10 p.m. USDA RMA Administrator, Marcia Bunger, RMA Administrator, USDA Risk Management Agency
5:00 p.m. Adjourn
5:00 – 8:00 p.m. Networking Reception
Thursday, September 15, 2022
8:00 a.m. Welcome
8:05 a.m. High Impact Meteorology: 2022 Growing Season, Eric Snodgrass, Science Fellow/Principal Atmospheric Scientist, Nutrien Ag Solutions
8:55 a.m. Legal Considerations for Carbon Contracts, Kristine Tidgren, Director, Center for Agricultural Law and Taxation, Iowa State University
9:20 a.m. Grain Market Update, Ed Usset, Grain Marketing Specialist, Center for Farm Financial Management, University of Minnesota
9:45 a.m. Break
10:15 a.m. Announcements
10:20 a.m. How We Sabotage Our Ethics, Marianne Jennings, Professor Emeritus, Arizona State University
Noon Adjourn
THANK YOU to our 2022 Conference Planning Committee
Kim Bergeson, AgriSompo North America
Sharelle Burg, ProAg
Robert Craven, Center for Farm Financial Management, U of MN
Steve Frelich, NAU Country
Mark Harms, Great American Insurance Company
Travis Keister, Crop Insurance Professionals Association (CIPA)
Kevin Klair, Center for Farm Financial Management, U of MN
Curtis Mahnken, Center for Farm Financial Management, U of MN
Nicholle Renshaw, Rain and Hail Insurance Service, Inc.
Ken Ripley, Farmers Mutual Hail Insurance Company of Iowa
Greg Sather, Professional Insurance Agents of MN (PIA)
Connie Schuver, Hudson Insurance Group
Troy Stevens, Big I Minnesota
Terri Torgerson, RCIS
Chris Vander Linden, Crop Risk Services
THANK YOU to our 2022 Sponsors
AgriSompo North America
Big I Minnesota
Crop Insurance Professionals Association (CIPA)
Crop Risk Services
Farmers Mutual Hail Insurance Company of Iowa
Great American Insurance Company
Hudson Insurance Group
NAU Country
ProAg
Professional Insurance Agents of MN (PIA)
Rain and Hail Insurance Service, Inc.
RCIS