Tuesday, August 4
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Confinement Farming in the Midwest
Travis Stinson and Stan Cool
This session will cover all aspects of confinement farming that impact Indiana agents. We'll start with a history of confinement farming and commonly used terms. We'll discuss the buildings used in the operations including gestation, farrowing, nursery, and finish as well as the processes that go along with those building types. We'll also focus on safety and loss mitigation in confinement buildings.
Farm Insurance 201
Jeff Wilson
This session will cover a variety of farm topics and will help attendees understand more than just the basics of farm coverages. Equine exposures, confinement operations, and farm liability vs CGL will be discussed at a higher level. Attendees will also take a look at emerging agritainment topics including pumpkin patches, u-pick operations, farmers markets (especially in regards to altering products such as selling strawberry jam instead of just strawberries), and farm structures being used for wedding receptions and special events.