Crop-insurance seminar to be presented at 5 sites

URBANA – Area farmers can learn about how crop insurance can help manage their risk at an upcoming program planned at five sites around the state by the UI Department of Agriculture and Consumer Economics.

Gary Schnitkey, a farm financial management specialist, said the program will address how risk and returns can be managed using crop insurance.

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