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Back to EpisodesUpdates! - Derecho Farm Impact Report
Episode 32
Published 5 years, 5 months ago
Description
- 3:15 - Crop Insurance
- 36:15 - Agronomist
- 56:00 - Elevator GM
- 1:18:15 - Corn Head Dealer
- 1:37:40 - Farmer
- 1:56:10 - Pastor
- 3:15 Crop Insurance Representative- Farmers Mutual Hail – Ryan Benes & Zach Allsup
- Crop Insurance Claims and Adjusters
- Ryan Benes - Ryan is a Strategic Account Manager, who works with some of the nation’s leading crop insurance agents. Ryan began at FMH in 2012 as an adjuster and has been a Sales Manager since 2013. He lives in Grimes, IA with his wife Micah and 2 boys (Brazen and Maxen). Ryan loves three things - Family, Golf, and the Iowa Hawkeyes.
- Zach Allsup - Zach grew up in eastern Iowa and attended the University of Northern Iowa where he double majored in finance and real estate. He have been in the crop insurance industry for 11 years. Zach currently hold the position of Assistant Vice President – Claims with Famers Mutual Hail. He resides in Polk City, IA with his wife Kelly, 3.5 year old son Cameron and our 1 year old daughter Rylie.
- We have already shared about the extra communication going a long way, but we’ve learned more since our first episode
- What are you seeing in your area now for claims
- Corn
- Beans
- How are they being handled?
- Are fields being totaled?
- What does it mean for a field to be totaled?
- Is there really a list that people go on for being totaled?
- Cattle guys call then trying to buy the field from the farmer
- Will all underwriters treat the conditions the same?
- Is there guidance from RMA?
- Test strips – 1000 feet for 40 acres then it gets appraised – Harvest try like normal
- Subtract the appraisal from the APH and settle up
- Appraisal after black layer
- Can the farmer go at it after that to try and harvest the difference
- ARM Tech – Rolling corn
- Why are companies doing it differently?
- If you don’t agree with your adjuster, what should we as the farmer do next?
- Are there independent adjusters?
- 36:15 Agronomist Perspective (Meaghan) @mjanders1
- Meaghan Anderson is a field agronomist in central Iowa and an extension field specialist at Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. She helps area farmers with research, questions, diagnosing problems, and most importantly has been doing research on how the Derecho has impacted the area and how to move on from it.
- We talked earlier, but how are the crops looking now?
- Corn
- Beans
- What are you or have you been learning since we chatted last?
- What type of yield impact are we looking at?
- Suggestions for what next steps to take based on conditions?
- If we get told to destroy it, what is the best way?
- Ripper, disk, VT, high speed, other?
- Is there anything our listeners should be looking out for now?
- Mold, volunteer, etc…
- 56:00 Local Coop Perspective – Key Coop
- Boyd Brodie – General Manager of Key Cooperative
- Jason Dubberke – Grain Division Manager for Key Cooperative
- Tell us a little bit about Key Cooperative
- https://www.keycoop.com/About#who-we-are
- How bad is it-the storm damage?
- Key Co-op
- 30 million- 12 million in space (40 bins)
- https://youtu.be/TXn5bhnGc08
- Other elevators
- What are things elevators can do to be up and running for fall?
- Tear down
- Build up/Rebuild – started labor day ish with target for 1st week of October
- New locations
- Communication
- Damaged Crop – rejection levels
- Partnerships?
- Disaster recovery teams
- What options do elevators have for alternat