FCLG: Farmers Sharing Calls

Missouri crop insurance agent Melanie Utterback shares a wealth of information about the ins and outs of crop insurance.

Show Notes

Find crop insurance confusing? Crop insurance agent Melanie Utterback offer her insights on the various factors that producers must consider when selecting the appropriate level of coverage for their farms. Highlights from this discussion include: 
3:15: Introduction to the various types of multi-peril coverage
6:00: Introduction to replant extra coverage
7:00: Discussion of hail and wind coverage begins
9:05: Crop insurance advice and incentives for new farmers
10:50: Crop insurance considerations with irrigation
12:55: Precision agriculture calibration requirements for crop insurance
18:30: Crop insurance and specialty crops (edible beans as an example)
21:30: In-depth discussion of hail coverage
24:05: Specifics of wind coverage
25:40: Further discussion of insurance coverage for irrigators, enterprise vs. field coverage
30:55: Insurance benefits of planting cover crops
33:10: Strategies to consider for buy-up coverage
37:50: Trends with green snap coverage
40:50: Pasture/hay and honey bee coverage
48:40: Does margin protection insurance pay?

What is FCLG: Farmers Sharing Calls?

As farmers, we often choose our agronomy strategies alone, with only sales pitches to guide us. We worry for our farm’s future because our success depends on salespeople who may place their interests ahead of ours. The Fellowship of Christ Like Growers is working to change this with our Farmers Sharing Calls. Our podcasts are an opportunity to bless each other with shared knowledge without sales pitches and the pressure to buy something. We center our discussions around soil health, not a particular crop or region. My own 18-year journey in agriculture has taught me the importance of soil stewardship. And other farmers have inspired much of what I’ve learned. I’m George Sims, and I hope you’ll join us.