Derecho Farm Impact Report - What's Next?

Aug 20, 2020

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2:55 Weather Man Perspective (BAMWX) www.bamwx.com
- What just happened?
- What is a derecho?
- Where did this event occur? – What area?
- What types of weather conditions led up to this event?
- Are these rare?
- Do you feel this storm was accurately predicted?
- Are there any after-effects from a storm like this?
16:35 Insurance Man Perspective (Eric)
- Crop Insurance
  - How will Federal Crop come into play?
    - Do we have to attempt to harvest?
    - What if we had Wind/Hail? What if we didn’t?
    - Extra Harvest Cost Coverage? @Bobhartstough (SP)
      - Can we buy this now?
    - What should our listeners be doing now? Next three steps
- Liability Insurance
  - Buildings
  - Grain Bins
  - Equipment
    - Fall Rental?
  - Other Stuff
45:20 Agronomist Perspective (Meaghan) @mjanders1
- How were we sitting before the storm?
- What did the storm do to the crop?
  - Corn
  - Beans
- How are the crops looking now?
- What type of yield impact are we looking at?
- Is there anything our listeners should be looking out for now?
  - Mold, volunteer, etc…
1:03:45 Coop/Elevator Perspective (Elevators Cut Podcast)
- How bad is it?
- What are things elevators can do to be up and running for fall?
  - Can they line up rail cars to start loading right away?
- Do you expect basis to change more than seasonally?
- Would there be infrastructure concerns for other storage outside of steel bins?
- Can the elevator store un-owned grain outside?
- Any suggestions for marketing fall crop or how to handle presold bushels now?
- If our listener has concerns what should they do next?
1:26:15 Farmer Experience Perspective
- How do I get this stored? (Swanson) @MaxROIFarmer
  - Old Bins
  - Flat Storage
  - 1:45:35 Grain Bags 'tdbirchmier1@gmail.com'
    - Baggers
    - Unloaders
  - Outdoor Pile
    - How do you get it picked up again?
  - Truck it out of the area?
  - Buy Cows?
  - Walk-About Mother Bin
2:01:08 Stress/Anxiety Perspective – (Lesley)
- What ways could stress/anxiety be showing up right now?
- What are some things we can do to help with the stress/anxiety?
- How can we be prepared for a situation where we know our stress/anxiety will rise?
- What are some good resources for us?
- What do you have to say to the person who doesn’t think this is them?
- How can we help others who are battling this?
- https://www.domore.ag/about-us
- https://www.fb.org/programs/farm-state-of-mind/
- https://namicentraliowa.org/
- 1-800-273-8255

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