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 coverage6:00: Introduction to replant extra coverage7:00: Discussion of hail and wind coverage begins9:05: Crop insurance advice and incentives for new farmers10:50: Crop insurance considerations with irrigation12:55: Precision agriculture calibration requirements for crop insurance18:30: Crop insurance and specialty crops (edible beans as an example)21:30: In-depth discussion of hail coverage24:05: Specifics of wind coverage25:40: Further discussion of insurance coverage for irrigators, enterprise vs. field coverage30:55: Insurance benefits of planting cover crops33:10: Strategies to consider for buy-up coverage37:50: Trends with green snap coverage40:50: Pasture/hay and honey bee coverage48:40: Does margin protection insurance pay?

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