Recovering from Farm Disaster*:
A Workshop on Understanding Crop Insurance 
*Resulting from natural disasters such as fire, hurricane,
flooding, lava, drought, etc. on crops ​such as coffee, fruit and nut   

Wednesday, October 3, 2018
5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Kona Cooperative Extension Office - Conference Room
79-7381 Mamalahoa Highway
​Kealakekua, HI 96750
 
Registration is required. RSVP online or by contacting Gina at 808-322-4892 by Oct. 1st.
  
Tropical Crop Insurance Overview
1.  Eligibility, coverage period and covered causes of loss
2.  What is required to get coverage started?   
  • Application and paperwork deadlines
  • Producer’s Pre-Acceptance Worksheet
  • Reporting Yield History and Acreage
  • Approved Yields, RMA Determined Yields
  • How does managing CBB affect coverage?
3.  How much does it cost?
  • Cost Examples and Subsidies
4.  How are losses determined?
  • Loss Example
  • How does CBB damage affect Claims?
  • Claim Timeline
5.  Questions and Answers

Do you have a coffee, tropical fruit or nut crop insurance policy and have questions about it? Don’t have a policy, but Interested in understanding more about crop insurance in Hawaii?

Come and learn about managing your risks by attending this FREE workshop on crop insurance for Hawaii growers.

Lind Insurance Services’, Bonnie Lind, will present on topics mentioned in the overview on both days. She has over 30 years of experience in all facets of the business. Bonnie started writing for Hawaii crops in 1998 and for coffee crop insurance since the program was released for the 2007 crop year. ​
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If you register and are unable to make the workshop, please contact Gina at 808-322-4892 or Andrea at andreak@hawaii.edu as soon as possible. There may be a wait list and we would like to provide someone else with the opportunity to attend.
Mention of a business, trade name or agent is not intended as an endorsement or a recommendation to the exclusion of other crop insurance businesses, agencies or agents.
 For information or to request an auxiliary aid or service (e.g., sign language interpreter, designated parking, or materials in alternate format), contact Gina (ginab@hawaii.edu) or Andrea (andreak@hawaii.edu) at (808)322-4892 at least seven days before the activity/event. 
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