2010 SBS Insurance Annual Crop/Farm Meeting

SBS Insurance Agency hosted the annual spring crop/farm appreciation meetings on Wednesday, March 3rd. The Sabetha meeting was held at noon at the Buzz Café and the Seneca meeting was held at Valentino's in the evening. 131 guests and representatives attended the meetings.

Roy Frey and Bryan Schmitz, SBS Agency Manager's of Sabetha and Seneca respectively, and Jimmy Oliver, Marketing Manager for Rain & Hail, LLC, reviewed changes to the crop insurance program for 2010. The featured speaker for the meeting was Troy Dumler. Troy is a K-State Research and Extension Agricultural Economist in Southwest Kansas. He has developed an extension program centered on farm management and agricultural policy, with his focus on the 2008 Federal Farm Bill. Troy gave an informative talk on the ACRE and SURE options within the 2008 Federal Farm bill.

Guest of the meeting were treated to a smoked pork chop dinner and were the recipients of many door prizes. Congratulations to David Edelman, winner of the grand prize, a Traeger Grill.