3rd Annual Risk Management Conference

Organized by Delaware Cooperative Extension and Delaware Farm Bureau

Location: Harrington Fire Hall

20 Clark St. Harrington, DE 19952

Lunch and refreshments will be provided. 

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

Topics will Include:

  • 2024 Commodity Crop Enterprise Budgets
  • USDA Farm Services Agency Update
  • USDA Risk Management Agency Update
  • Fertilizer Market Update
  • Delaware Solar Farm Development Update
  • Grain Market Update
  • Dryland Yield Modelling for Crop Insurance

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 – 8:30am  Check-in/Registration

8:30am – 9:15am  Commodity Crop 2025 Budgets

  • Speaker: Shannon Dill, University of Maryland

9:15am – 10:00  Fertilizer Market Trends and Outlook

  • Speaker: Veronica Nigh, The Fertilizer Institute 

10:00am – 10:45am  Nitrogen Modeling Tool Study

  • Speaker: Kelly Davidson, University of Delaware

10:45am – 11:30am  2025 Crop Insurance Options

  • Speaker: Kevin Wooten, USDA Risk Management Agency

11:30am – 12:30pm  LUNCH

12:30pm – 1:15pm  Grain Market Outlook and Considerations 

  • Speakers:
    • Mark Talaski, Advanced Trading Inc.
    • Michael Reginelli, Advanced Trading Inc.

1:15pm – 2:00pm International Trade and Events Impacting Agriculture Today

  • Speaker: Betty Resnick, American Farm Bureau Federation

2:00pm – 2:45pm  Grain Producers and Risk Perception

  • Speaker: Kofi Britwum, University of Delaware
2:45pm – 3:30pm  Weathering the Burnout and Cumulative Stress Storms
 
  • Speakers:
    • Laurie Wolinski, University of Delaware
    • Maria Pippidis, University of Delaware

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