Michigan State University Extension (MSU Extension) will continue the Farm Policy and Risk Management Series with a session all about vegetables on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023 at 1 p.m. via Zoom. The purpose of this series is to aid producers in understanding risk protection programs for specific crop types. This webinar will focus on United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) insurance programs for vegetable producers.
The focus for the next session in this series will be vegetable crop risk management programs offered by the USDA. This session will feature MSU Extension’s vegetable educator Ben Phillips, MSU Extension farm business management educator Jon LaPorte and senior crop insurance specialist Brandon Walters from Greenstone Farm Credit Services. You can expect this session to cover the basics of insurance, different policies for the vegetable industry and the advantages and disadvantages of different policies. This session will focus on three distinct programs: Whole-Farm Revenue Protection, Micro Farm Program and Average Production History (APH) insurance.
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