[mfgamembers] Fwd: Listening Sessions - Apple Crop Insurance Policy

[Jon Clements]

I took the liberty to forward this e-mail to you from Tom. I hope some of
you can make it to NH.

Jon

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Thomas Smiarowski <tsmiarowski at umext.umass.edu>
Date: Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 5:02 PM
Subject: Listening Sessions - Apple Crop Insurance Policy
To: Wesley R Autio <autio at umass.edu>, "jon.clements" <jon.clements at umass.edu
>
Cc: Paul Russell <pmrussell at umext.umass.edu>, Kip Graham <
kip.graham at ma.usda.gov>


Wes/Jon:

Kip Graham and I attended the listening session last Friday in Highland,
NY.  I've attached a copy of the handout (NY Listening Session) that was
distributed at the beginning of the meeting and the basis for the
discussion.  Also attached are our observations from the formal listening
session along with observations from discussions prior to and after the
formal listening session.  Oftentimes those discussions yield much more
information that the formal session and that certainly was the case here.

We would appreciate it if you would forward this information to the MFGA
members along with encouraging them to attend the listening session this
Friday in Goffstown, NH.  With so many of our apple producers marketing all
or a portion of their apple crops directly to consumers it is very
important for Agralytica and RMA to hear firsthand the impacts,
recommendations, etc., that direct marketers have concerning the apple
policy.  It was pretty evident that Agralytica and RMA have heard from
wholesale apple producers at prior listening sessions!  There is also an
opportunity for apple producers unable to attend the upcoming listening
session to contact Agralytica by email with any comments and that
information is available on the bottom of the "Observations" attachment.

Thanks in advance and feel free to contact me with any questions!  Tom

---
Tom Smiarowski
UMass Extension
Agricultural Risk Management Consultant
French Hall - 230 Stockbridge Road
Amherst, MA  01003
tsmiarowski at umext.umass.edu
413-320-1718



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