Elevating the Risk Management Conversation

Risk management gets a lot of attention during policy development sessions at Commodity Classic. “The recent changes that the government’s made, for example, a prevent plant buy-up, these are issues that are top of mind for our producers and ones that we want to elevate to make sure that we help the government understand where our input costs have been, where our cost structure is such that we we need to protect going into the new season,” said Kyle Jore. Jore farms at Thief River Falls and serves as secretary for the Minnesota Soybean Growers Association. Jore is also the head of crop insurance development for Watts and Associates, a consulting firm that specializes in risk management solutions.