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1 Miscellaneous Reports Ag-Risk.org CropInsuranceInAmerica.org CropInsurers.com

2 NATIONAL CROP INSURANCE SERVICES 2018 SCHOOLS, MEETINGS & CONFERENCES Date Meeting Location Attendance Jan. 4 Colorado-Wyoming Denver, CO 22 Jan. 3-4 Minnesota-North Dakota-South Dakota Morton, MN 45 Jan Claims Managers Conference Overland Park, KS 157 Jan Southwest Fredericksburg, TX 27 Feb. 1 Illinois-Wisconsin Springfield, IL 34 Feb. 1 Indiana-Michigan-Ohio Ft. Wayne, IN 38 Feb. 1 Kentucky-Tennessee Nashville, TN 29 Feb. 6 Missouri Independence, MO 39 Feb. 8 Gulf States Tunica, MS 24 Feb. 8 Kansas-Oklahoma Wichita, KS 45 Feb Iowa-Nebraska Council Bluffs, IA 45 Feb Arizona-California-Nevada Monterey, CA 35 March 6 East-Southeast Savannah, GA 33 March 6-7 Montana-Northwest Missoula, MT 57 March Regional/State Chairman Training Overland Park, KS 31 May MPCI & Crop-Hail Wheat & Canola Enid, OK 46 June MPCI Triticale, CH Dry Bean, Dry Pea & Alfalfa Seed Richland, WA 48 June Crop-Hail Wheat, Corn & Soybean Columbia, MO 72 June MPCI & Crop-Hail Canola, Chickpea, Pea & Wheat Moccasin, MT 89 June Crop-Hail Cotton & Corn Stoneville, MS 98 July 12 Crop-Hail Corn, Soybean, Oat & Sunflower Beresford, SD 54 July Train the Trainer Fall Conference Overland Park, KS 233 July 18 Crop-Hail New Adjuster Lamberton, MN 44 July 19 Crop-Hail Corn, Soybean, Dry Bean & Wheat Lamberton, MN 71 Aug. 1-2 Crop-Hail Corn, Soybean & Wheat Champaign, IL 66 Aug. 6 Crop-Hail New Adjuster Fargo, ND 45 Aug. 7 MPCI & CH Canola, Corn, Chickpea/Dry Pea Sidney, MT 44 Aug. 7-8 Crop-Hail Corn, Soybean, Dry Bean, Wheat/Barley Fargo, ND 88 Aug. 7-8 Crop-Hail Corn & Soybean Ames, IA 67 Ag-Risk.org CropInsuranceInAmerica.org

3 NATIONAL CROP INSURANCE SERVICES 2018 SCHOOLS, MEETINGS & CONFERENCES Aug. 9 Dairy Revenue Protection Training Overland Park, KS 106 Aug MPCI & Crop-Hail Cotton Lubbock, TX 128 Aug MPCI & CH Corn, Cotton, Grain Sorghum & Soybean Manhattan, KS 46 Sept. 4-5 MPCI & Crop-Hail Grain Sorghum & Millet Burlington, CO 73 Oct Whole-Farm Revenue Protection Claims Process Boise, ID 101 Nov Train the Trainer Spring Conference Overland Park, KS 235 Total 2415 Ag-Risk.org CropInsuranceInAmerica.org

4 Wheat, Potatoes Carrot Seed 2019 NCIS CROP RESEARCH Soybean Corn, Sweetcorn Sweetcorn Snap bean, potatoes Millet Corn Popcorn, Corn Popcorn Corn Corn Wheat Canola, Milo Milo Peanut Milo 2017 NCIS

5 DESCRIPTION OF NEW RESEARCH PROJECTS 2019 Dr. Mark Zarnstorff and Dr. James Houx December 2018

6 Description of New Research Projects 2019 CORN STAND REDUCTION/GREEN SNAP Iowa Dr. Mark Licht Minnesota Dr. Jeff Coulter Nebraska Drs. Katja Koehler-Cole and Justin McMechan This research will expand on previous research to determine the impact of stand reduction up to tassel stage. Previous research on green snap was conducted up to the tassel stage, but no stand reduction work has been done after that growth stage. We need to reconcile the stand reduction and green snap research in the later stages of development. This research will include additional treatments where green snap is done above the main ear node. Previous research on above the main ear node snaps was done at one growth stage and suggests that losses may be similar to defoliation. POTATOES (Specialty Creamer or Little ) STAND REDUCTION AND DEFOLIATION Washington Dr. Mark Pavek Wisconsin Dr. Felix Navarro This research will focus on the new specialty potato varieties that have been developed. The research is designed to determine if the current charts are still accurate for plant damage and defoliation of these specialty potatoes. These specialty or Little potatoes have become a significant part of the potato market but the maturities are much shorter than current varieties. There would also be concerns with growth stage descriptions for this new segment of the industry, and this research will include devising growth stage descriptions for these potato types. CARROT SEED PLANT DAMAGE/DIRECT DAMAGE Oregon Researcher TBD A recommendation has come from the NW committee to do research to develop a loss adjustment procedure for carrot seed. The recommendation states that 90% of the carrot seed grown in the US comes from the PNW specifically OR and ID. There currently are no procedures for carrot seed. 1

7 CONTINUING PROJECTS 2019 CORN Second Losses Illinois Dr. Emerson Nafziger Minnesota Dr. Jeff Coulter Ohio Dr. Peter Thomison This project will assist in determining the accuracy of the second loss chart. It expands on recently completed second loss research studies which indicated the second loss chart may overestimate losses. The initial research studies were conducted in Illinois, Minnesota and Ohio and looked at damage from multiple storms primarily in the vegetative stages. The proposed study will apply first damage during the vegetative through tassel stages at various levels of defoliation, followed by second damage after tassel and during grain fill. SUGAR BEET Stand Reduction/Defoliation North Dakota Dr. Tom Peters This research project will serve to determine whether current stand reduction and defoliation loss charts remain accurate for newer sugar beet hybrids. Hybrids have changed since the last research was conducted on sugar beets in the 1990 s. Insurance personnel in the sugar beet growing region of Minnesota believe that producers are reluctant to buy hail polices because they do not think that procedures are up-to-date for hybrids currently grown. This project was proposed by the Minnesota Regional/State Committee. PEANUT Defoliation/Plant Damage Georgia Dr. R. Scott Tubbs This research is an expansion of previous research that was conducted in Texas and used to develop the initial hail loss procedures for peanuts. Recommended by the Gulf States Regional/State Committee, the purpose of this project is to conduct studies in the Southeast where weather, elevation, production practices and varieties differ from the Texas peanut-growing region where the research was initially conducted. INDUSTRIAL HEMP Stand Reduction/Defoliation North Dakota Dr. Burton Johnson, Bryan Hanson This research focuses stand reduction and defoliation in industrial hemp. Industrial Hemp is a new crop that has been getting interest as a potential alternative to current commodity type crops. Interest is in the oil and other components for health and medicinal uses, with a secondary use for the plant fiber. Recent changes in the Farm Bill and will likely de-regulate this crop so acreage is likely to 2

8 expand. States with the greatest number of planted acres include North Dakota, Colorado, Kentucky and Tennessee. Currently there are no loss procedures for any insurance coverage on this crop. SNAP BEAN Stand Reduction/Defoliation Wisconsin Dr. Felix Navarro The current snap bean loss instructions are based on research that was conducted in the 1970 s. Varieties and production practices have changed considerably since that time. This project includes stand reduction and defoliation studies to determine whether the loss charts are still accurate for the varieties of snap beans being planted today. The project will also determine whether a method for determining loss from cutoffs should be added to the loss procedures. This project was proposed by the Illinois/Wisconsin Regional/State Committee. SOYBEAN Node Removal/Defoliation Saskatchewan Dr. Steve Shirtliffe This research project is conducted in cooperation with the Canadian Hail Association and examines the response of soybeans to node removal and defoliation under the growing conditions of Canada. There has been a tremendous expansion of soybean acres into Manitoba and Saskatchewan, and there are questions as to the recoverability of the soybeans under the shorter growing seasons. POPCORN - Stand Reduction Nebraska Dr. Roger Elmore Ohio Dr. Peter Thomison This research will verify that the popcorn stand reduction loss are still applicable. The current stand reduction chart is based on research that was conducted for field corn with no research done on popcorn varieties. Popcorn is generally considered to be less resilient than field corn, so the current stand reduction chart may not be applicable to popcorn. SWEET CORN - Stand Reduction Wisconsin Dr. Joe Lauer Minnesota Dr. Vince Fritz This research is to verify that the loss charts for stand reduction are current for sweetcorn. The current stand reduction chart is based on research that was conducted for field corn with no research done on sweetcorn varieties. Sweetcorn is generally considered to be less resilient than field corn, so the current stand reduction chart may not be applicable to sweetcorn. 3

9 MILO/GRAIN SORGHUM - Stand Reduction Kansas Dr. Kraig Roozeboom Texas Dr. Ronnie Schnell This research will verify that the stand reduction loss charts for Milo/Grain Sorghum are still applicable to current hybrids. The loss adjustment handbook was released in 1980 and no further research has been done on this crop. There have been major changes in genetics since the release of this loss handbook and it is time to verify that the procedures are accurate. POTATO Second and Third Losses Washington Dr. Mark Pavek North Dakota Dr. Harlene Hatterman-Valenti Industry personnel want to know the impact of second and third storms on the productivity of potatoes. Currently, adjusters are unable to zero out a potato crop even after two or three storms. This research would see if the potato plant is capable of recovery after multiple storms. WHEAT -High and Low Hangers Kansas Dr. John Holman Washington Dr. Ian Burke This research is evaluating grain fill of wheat heads that have been crimped over either above or below the flag leaf at the various growth stages. The project in Washington would look at two different types of wheat winter wheat and spring wheat, while the project in western Kansas would focus on winter wheat. Research was recently completed in Zone 1 and these projects will focus on Zone 2 and Zone 5 growing regions. CANOLA MPCI Pod Fill Appraisal Kansas Dr. Kraig Roozeboom This research focuses on the MPCI appraisal method with the intent to determine a method to appraise canola during the pod filling stage. Currently the adjuster must wait until the seed pods have started to mature to be able to remove the seeds from the pods to obtain an accurate appraisal. Previous observations suggest that there may be ways to obtain factors based on the filling rate of the pods to provide an accurate appraisal. PROSO MILLET MPCI Vegetative and Reproductive Appraisal Methods Nebraska Drs. Dipak Santra and Cody Creech 4

10 This research focuses on the development of a stand reduction procedure for vegetative appraisals for Proso Millet. We will also look at tillering and other factors that affect yield following stand reduction. 5