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UNL Extension Farmers and Ranchers College presents risk management updatesNebraska Farmers and ranchers can take advantage of several opportunities in March to participate in various risk management updates as a part of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension's Farmers and Ranchers College. A 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. March 8 risk management webinar with Brad Lubben, UNL policy specialist, and Steve Johnson, a field specialist of farm and agriculture business management at Iowa State University, will be available at the following link: http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/nebraska. This link will take participants to a login page where they need to click to enter and follow prompts. Anytime before the meeting, participants can visit the following URL to confirm their ability to connect to the Breeze server: http://breeze.extension.iastate.edu/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm. Lubben will discuss the farm bill and policy updates and Johnson will discuss crop insurance updates. They also will provide updates on agricultural policy. A 9 a.m. to noon March 9 live presentation at the Fillmore County Fairgrounds in Geneva will feature ISU's Johnson and UNL Extension educator Tim Lemmons. At the last of the 2009-2010 program series, Johnson will discuss "Managing Crop Revenue Risk." Topics include discussions on the 2010 crop supply/demand and price outlook, pre-harvest marketing tools and strategies, 2010 crop insurance overview and SURE and ACRE programs. Lemmons will present "Analyzing Trends in Farm Financial Ratios." Participants will discuss using farm financial ratios and specifically identifying trends that indicate a developing problem. Too often producers are told their ratios are "in the red" but are never quite sure how they got there. There will be analysis of common financial ratio problems, and Lemmons will show participants how to clean up the mess using proven techniques, tricks and trade secrets. To preregister for this presentation, call 402-759-3712. Registration for live presentations is due March 4. Dates, times, locations and telephone number to call for registration of additional "Managing Crop Revenue Risk" presentations include: --March 9: 2:30 p.m. registration, 3 p.m. program, Community Center, Red Cloud, 402-746-3417 --March 10: 10 a.m., Fairgrounds, Seward, a meal will follow, 402-643-2981 --March 10: 6 p.m. meal with program to follow, Agricultural Research and Development Center near Mead, 402-624-8030 For more information about the upcoming risk management sessions, see the program flyer at http://fillmore.unl.edu/c/document_library/get_file?folderId=1685008&name=DLFE-20600.pdf. For more information about UNL Extension's Farmers and Ranchers College, contact Brandy VanDeWalle at 402-759-3712 or bvandewalle2@unl.edu.
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