Leaders in the crop insurance business are gathered in California for the annual meeting of the Crop Insurance and Reinsurance Bureau. On the program this year are presentations about the political climate in this election year, the climate itself and economic challenges facing the world ag market. In addition, first-year members of the CIRB Emerging Leaders Program will be on hand to share their experiences. The goal of the program is to help bring younger people into the industry, which like farming itself, is being led by an aging demographic.
2016 CIRB Annual Meeting Photos
Audio
Preview of CIRB Annual Meeting –
Interview with Michael Torrey, CIRB
Emerging CIRB Leaders Build Future of Crop Insurance –
Interview with Sheri Bane, COUNTY Financial and CIRB Chair
AFBF Outlines the Struggle for Crop Insurance –
Interview with Mary Kay Thatcher, American Farm Bureau Federation
Climatologist Shares Predictions at CIRB –
Interview with James Garriss, The Browning Report
Eric Swanson, Emerging Leader for CIRB –
Interview with Eric Swanson, CIRB Emerging Leaders Program
Ag Economist Talks Insurance Premiums at CIRB –
Interview with Michael Swanson, Chief Agricultural Economist, Wells Fargo
CIRB Hears from Senate Agriculture Committee –
Joel Leftwich, Senate Agriculture Committee
2016 Politics and Agriculture at CIRB –
Interview with Jim Wiesemeyer, Informa Economics
CIRB Talks Changes in Crop Insurance –
Brandon Willis, Risk Management Agency
CIRB Emerging Leaders Build a Career –
James Konstanty, CIRB Emerging Leaders Program
Senators Cochran & Thune Honored by Ag Retailers –
Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.)
Interview with Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.)