Crop Insurance Conference 2022
PRESENTATION FILES
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Crop insurance agents/underwriters
Public officials
Farm Business Management instructors
Farmers
Professional farm managers
Legislators
Agribusiness leaders
Industry regulators
Commodity group representatives
Agricultural lenders
WHY SHOULD I ATTEND
The goal of this conference is to enable participants to:
- Integrate crop insurance products with other risk management tools
- Understand major issues facing the crop insurance industry
- Be aware of new risk management products
- Improve professionally
INSURANCE CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDIT
- North Dakota (6 crop hail and 2 ethics credits – approved)
- South Dakota (4 crop credits – approved)
- Minnesota (5 general - approved and 2 ethics credits – approved)
AGENDA
PART 1 – ETHICS (2.0 hours c.e. credits – must attend full session to receive credit)
8 a.m. Current Issues in Business Ethics, Dr. Boz Bostrom, Professor, St. Benedict/St. John’s University
9:45 a.m. Break
PART 2 – CROP-HAIL/GENERAL (6.0 hours c.e. credits – must attend full session to receive credit)
10 a.m. Crop Market Outlook, Dr. Chad Hart, senior underwriter, Professor and Crop Markets Specialist, Iowa State University
11 a.m. Crop Insurance and Farm Bill Update, Shelby Myers, Economist, American Farm Bureau Federation
Noon Lunch
12:45 p.m. Understanding Cyber-Security Issues, Mark A. Eich, CPA, CISA, GSCL; Principal, CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen, LLP)
1:45 p.m. Considering Carbon, Dr. David Ripplinger, BioFuels/BioProducts Economist, NDSU Extension
2:45 p.m. Break
3 p.m. Washington Political Update, Congressman Collin Peterson
4 p.m. Evaluation, Frayne Olson
4:10 p.m. Adjourn
LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS
Guest rooms are available at the Holiday Inn, 3803 13th Ave S, Fargo, ND
Rate: $110
Call 701-282-2700 to reserve and request the “NDSU Crop Insurance Conference” group rate. Rooms will be held until Dec. 28, 2021.
Requests for accommodations related to disability should be made to Paulann Haakenson at 701-231-7393 by Jan. 20, 2022.
Requests for accommodations related to disability should be made to the event contact person at least two weeks in advance of the event.