Crop Insurance for Organic Farmers Webinar

Posted on February 24, 2019 by Taylor in Farming Resources, Insurance, Organic, Small Farms, Webinar // 0 Comments

Crop Insurance for Organic Farmers Webinar – NCAT’S ATTRA Webinar to Address Crop Insurance for Transitioning and Certified Organic Operations

Jeff Schahczenski, agricultural and natural resource economist with NCAT’s ATTRA sustainable agriculture project, will present a free one-hour webinar on the history, opportunities, and challenges of using federal crop insurance policies to protect yield and price risks associated with transitioning and certified organic agriculture.

Part of this Crop Insurance for Organic Farmers webinar will be based on recent results from a five-year national Organic Research and Education Initiative project, titled “Is Organic Farming Risky?”

The Crop Insurance for Organic Farmers webinar will give case examples of the relatively new Whole Farm Revenue Protection (WFRP) insurance product, which is one of the best ways to capture the insurable value of a diversified organic cropping (and livestock) system.

The WFRP is available anywhere in the United States and can cover up to 85% of your historic average gross revenue. Finally, the more products you grow, the less expensive the cost of the insurance. WFRP is one of the most affordable ways to protect your organic production.

Title: Organic Farming and Crop Insurance Options

Date: Thursday, February 28

Time: 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. EST

Register: https://attra.ncat.org/crop-insurance-options/

Related Publications

Although it’s not necessary in order to attend the webinar, there are some related ATTRA publications you might want to check out in advance:

Crop Insurance Options for Specialty, Diversified, and Organic Farmers https://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub-summaries/?pub=413

Primer on Whole-Farm Revenue Protection Crop Insurance: Updates for 2018 https://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub-summaries/?pub=595

Documentation and Recordkeeping for Whole-Farm Revenue Protection (WFRP)
https://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub-summaries/?pub=612

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