AGENDA

 MARYLAND CROP INSURANCE INDUSTRY WORKSHOP

Comfort Inn, Bowie, MD

8:30-9:00               Registration and Coffee

9:00-9:15               Welcome and Introductions             Ted McConnell, UMD /

                                                                                         Pat McMillan, MDA

9:15-10:15             Fraud and Abuse in the Crop           Joseph Atwood

                              Insurance System                              Montana State University

10:15-10:30           Break

10:30-11:15           Crop Insurance Participation            Bruce Sherrick

                              and Education in Illinois                     University of Illinois 

11:15-11:45           USDA’s Preparation for                    Ron Maxon

                              Soybean Rust                                      U.S. Government Accountability Office

11:45-12:15           Crop Insurance Performance           Wesley Musser, UMD

                              in Maryland

12:15-1:00             Lunch

1:00-2:00               Tools from the Tool Box                   Gene Gantz, RMA, USDA

2:00-2:30               2006 Promotion and                           Mark Powell, MDA /

                              Education Program                             Wesley Musser, UMD

2:30-2:40               Wrapping Up                                      Wesley Musser, UMD

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