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Laurence Crane (left) helps a farmer at one of the Risk Management Education sessions in Alabama.

in early February. Rep. Collin Peterson (D-MN)
opened the general session with remarks about
the importance of crop insurance. Mr. Peterson, who was the House Agriculture Committee
Ranking Member at the time of the Convention,
called crop insurance "the safety net that really
works for producers." RMA's Heather Manzano,
Acting Administrator, and Richard Flournoy,
Deputy Administrator, provided an update on
several RMA items, including the 2016 Improper
Payment Rate. USDA Chief Economist, Dr. Robert Johannson, gave a presentation on the state of
the farm economy, and the Ag Economist Panel

of Drs. Randy Fortenberry, Mechel Paggi, James
Richardson, and Gary Scnitkey, spoke about the
upcoming farm bill negotiations and provided
additional information on the farm economy. Attendees also enjoyed a question and answer session with golf commentator and all around good
guy, David Feherty.

Other Meetings

* Whole-Farm Revenue Protection Informational Meetings
Dean Strasser and AIP panel representatives
Joy Ratliff, Gary Heilig, and Dave Paul par-

Members of the NCIS Technology and Information Processing (TIP) Committee.

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ticipated in Whole-Farm Revenue Protection
(WFRP) informational meetings organized
by RMA in the East and Northeast regions in
late October. Meetings were held in Raleigh,
NC, Harrisburg, PA, and Syracuse, NY. Attendees included agents, RMA Risk Management Partners, and AIPs. Joy, Gary, and Dave
shared their expertise in areas such as building the total insurance package (maintaining
Crop-Hail and individual MPCI policies for
spot loss coverage) and obtaining proper documentation to support information necessary
to underwrite policies. Dean highlighted the
ongoing training efforts of the industry and
how NCIS utilizes its committee structure
to continually recommend improvements
to crop insurance programs. RMA provided
information on the participation and growth
of WFRP, coverage levels being purchased, a
look at various farm profiles and the diversification of farms purchasing coverage, development and maintenance of the commodity
code listings, and a look at what's new for the
2018 crop year.
* Data Mining Steering Committee Meeting
Members of the Risk Management Agency's
(RMA) Business Analytics Division and the
Center for Agribusiness Excellence met with
representatives of the Data Mining Steering
Committee October 25-26. The group's discussion focused on potential improvements
when reporting the results of the Approved
Insurance Provider (AIP)-conducted quality

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