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Hands-on field training is key to adjuster education.

Dr. Edwards spoke about wheat lodging and
plant growth regulators and some of the pests
and diseases facing wheat farmers during the
growing season. Loss procedures for canola and
wheat were reviewed by Mark Askerooth, Crop
Risk Services, Michael Schroeder, Diversified
Crop Insurance, and, Roxanne Wegner, Rain
and Hail.
The field portion of the school was held at the
Cimarron Valley Research Station near Perkins,
Oklahoma. Adjusters completed four rotations
where they continued learning through handson application of Crop-Hail canola and wheat
procedures, MPCI small grains procedures and a
bin measurement exercise. Additional company
staff who helped with field day activities included: Christopher Deetjen and Patrick Kurtenbach,
Diversified Crop Insurance; Derek Kovick and
Gary Williams, Rain and Hail; Dennis Mackey,
Farmers Mutual Hail; Jason Schotte, Great American; and, Charles Willis, RCIS.

MPCI and Crop-Hail Lentil,
Safflower, Chickpea, Winter
Pea/Pea and Mustard/Canola
School

Plot leaders at the school in Moccasin, MT, show adjusters how to fill out loss forms.

to new and experienced loss adjusters, the CropHail and MPCI Wheat and Crop-Hail Canola
School was held in Stillwater, Oklahoma, May 2324. The school, led by Kansas/Oklahoma Committee Chairman, Sean Harvey, Great American,
and Oklahoma School Chairman, Randy Feld-

Adjusters at the school in Moccasin, MT.

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mann, Crop Risk Services, had 85 attendees representing 11 companies and the Risk Management
Agency (RMA).
The school began with a classroom presentation by Dr. Jeff Edwards, Department of Plant
and Soil Sciences, Oklahoma State University.

Pam Jackson, Montana Regional/State Crop
Insurance Committee Chairman, and NCIS staff
liaison Dean Strasser, led the 2017 Crop-Hail and
MPCI Lentil, Safflower, Chickpea, Winter Pea/
Pea, & Mustard/Canola school and field day held
in Moccasin, Montana, June 20-21.
This year's school was highlighted by the introduction of Dr. Pat Carr, Superintendent, Central Agricultural Research Center (CARC), Montana State University, participating in his first
NCIS adjuster school. Dr. Carr provided infor-

A plot of soybeans is used to give adjusters
hands-on training at the school in Columbia, MO.



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