This month our Senior Director of Development, Dean Heffta, starts a column in Corn and Soybean Digest.  Read his first installment HERE.

A lot of farmers will receive crop insurance indemnity payments this year because of the drought.  If you run into an audit situation, the speed of your check has a lot to do with how prepared you are.  Deb Etheridge, Vice President of Insurance with Water Street Solutions talks about this with Dewey Nelson from KRVN.  High Dollar Audits Etheridge AUDIO

For the text of the interview, click here: Preparing for High Dollar Audits

This is going to be the year that separates the best from the rest in the crop insurance business.  Sure, it's a government program and the prices are all the same - but the service and the advice differs dramatically.  Darren Frye, President and CEO of Water Street Solutions tackles this topic in this week's post on www.farmfutures.com.  Read it here.

This topic is a tough one almost universally in the workplace, so naturally, the difference in work ethic shows up on the farm as well.  Today, Dean Heffta, Senior Director of Development at Water Street Solutions, talks with Dewey Nelson from KRVN about how to go about inspiring a good work ethic on your farm.  Fostering Work Ethic Heffta AUDIO

For the text of the interview, click here: Fostering Work Ethic

This season of drought makes you uneasy, and you can bet your banker is feeling that way as well.  This week in his Finance First post on www.farmfutures.com, Darren Frye, President and CEO of Water Street Solutions, talks about the importance of having that meeting, and how to make it work.  Read the article HERE.

I learned this week that George Washington had no formal education, yet he read a library full of books and became president.  Often times, we learn where we can, and now we can get lessons from watching and reading about the Olympics.  Dean Heffta, Senior Director of Development at Water Street Solutions talks this week with Dewey Nelson from KRVN about what lessons we can take from this event.  Olympic Lessons for Building the Next Generation Heffta AUDIO

For the text of the interview, click here: Olympic Lessons for Building the Next Generation

It's easy to get stressed out if you're looking at your crop these days, but a look at the total financial picture could help calm you down...if you bought the right crop insurance.  This week on www.farmfutures.com, Darren Frye, President and CEO of Water Street Solutions, walks us through the math of insurance indemnities and how they fit into your total financial picture.  Read the Finance First post HERE.

If you're dealing with serious drought and ready to cut silage or bale beans, call your agent first.  The right moves can save time and money when it comes to collecting on your claims, according to Darren Frye, President and CEO of Water Street Solutions.  Check out the details in his Finance First post of www.farmfutures.com.  You can read it HERE.

Crop insurance is going to be a big savior for this year's crop.  Now it's important to do the right things to get your crop adjusted for a payout.  Deb Etheridge is Vice President of Insurance for Water Street Solutions.  Here she talks with Dewey Nelson of KRVN about the right way to move forward.  The Drought and the Crop Insurance Process Etheridge AUDIO

For the text of this interview, click here: The Drought and the Crop Insurance Process

This year was to have been the first year of a new policy that required earlier collection of crop insurance premiums - but now the drought is changing that.  The Risk Management Agency is announcing that for the 2012 crop year only, accrual of any interest on unpaid spring crop insurance premium is deferred for 30 days, until November 1, for all policies with a premium billing date of August 15, 2012.  For any premium that is not paid by October 31, interest will accrue consistent with the terms of the policy.  For example, without this change, policies with an August 15 premium billing date would have interest attach starting October 1 if premium was not paid by September 30th.