If you are a field crop farmer and have an hour of time this morning (10-11) you may benefit from hearing from Roger Betz and Dennis Stein (MSUE) about delayed and prevented planting, instigated by our excessive rain fall during planting times this spring. If you cannot attend but are interested this presentation will be archived (available for viewing online after the fact). This link will be posted in this afternoons Michigan Organic Listserv (6-3/2011).  To watch the program and have the chance to ask questions you will need to be online and go to http://breeze.msu.edu/aabifirm 
 
 
 
Vicki Morrone 
C. S. Mott Group for Sustainable Food Systems 
Outreach Specialist for Organic Vegetable and Field Crops 
303 Natural Resources 
East Lansing, MI 48824 
517-353-3542/517-282-3557 (cell) 
517-353-3834 (Fax) 
www.MichiganOrganic.msu.edu  
 
 
-----Original Message----- 
From: Connie Vernon [mailto:[log in to unmask]]  
Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2011 1:17 PM 
To: Connie Vernon 
Subject: Webinar for farmers on delayed planting and USDA's SURE implications 
 
June 3, Roger Betz and Dennis Stein, both MSU Extension educators, will 
hold a webinar from 10 to 11 a.m. to help farmers explore options for 
delayed and prevented planting. Growers can log on to the webinar at 
http://breeze.msu.edu/aabifirm/. It will also be archived online 
immediately following the broadcast and available for later viewing. 
Contact Dave Schweikhardt, professor in the Department of Agriculture, 
Food and Resource Economics at MSU, at 517-355-2320 or 
[log in to unmask] for more information. 
 
The webinar will feature the latest information on the financial 
consequences of delayed-planting decisions and the implications of those 
decisions for farmers’ participation in programs such as crop 
insurance or the USDA’s Supplemental Revenue Assistance Program 
(SURE). 
 
“In Michigan, corn planted after June 5 could be subject to a 
reduction in the insurance revenue guarantee. It also is the date that 
affects farmers’ ability to file an insurance claim for a ‘Prevented 
Planting,’” said Schweikhardt. “Producers should be aware of these 
timing decisions and determine whether a declaration of a "Prevented 
Planting" claim would be the best option or not.”