Annual Risk Management Conference

Organized by Delaware Cooperative Extension and Delaware Farm Bureau

Lunch and refreshments will be provided. 

The event is provided free of charge, but you must RSVP.

For questions regarding the conference, contact Nathaniel Bruce at nsbruce@udel.edu or (302) 362-7619.

For questions regarding registration, contact Mikayla Paul at mikayla.paul@defb.org or (302) 697-3183.

Agenda

8:00am – 8:15am  Check-in/Registration

8:15am – 8:30am  Conference Opening

  • Speakers: Don Clifton, Delaware Secretary of Agriculture                                                                                                   Bill Powers, Delaware Farm Bureau President

8:30am – 9:15am  Commodity Crop 2026 Budgets

  • Speakers: Shannon Dill, University of Maryland                                                                                                                   Nate Bruce, University of Delaware

9:15am – 10:00  Economics of Agriculture Technology

  • Speakers: James Adkins, University of Delaware                                                                                                                 Jarrod Miller, University of Delaware

10:00am – 10:15am  BREAK

10:15am – 11:00am  2026 Crop Insurance Options

  • Speaker: Kevin Wooten, USDA Risk Management Agency

11:00am – 11:45am  Grain Market Outlook and Commodity Balance Sheets

  • Speaker: Dale Maurice Johnson, University of Maryland

11:45am – 12:30pm  LUNCH

12:30pm – 1:15pm Economics of Agricultural Chemicals

  • Speaker: Faith Parum, American Farm Bureau

1:15pm – 2:00pm  Introduction to Economics of Precisions Conservation

  • Speaker: Nate Bruce, University of Delaware
2:00pm – 2:15pm  BREAK
 

2:15pm – 3:00pm  Retirement Options for Farmers

  • Speaker: Kelly Sipple, University of Delaware

3:00pm – 3:45pm  Ambiguous Loss

  • Speaker: Laurie Wolinski, University of Delaware                                                                                                               Jennifer Ford, Mental Health Association of Delaware

Speakers, times, and availabilities subject to change. Space is limited! Register for your spot below: