Sometimes we still think about crop insurance the old fashioned way....that it's only there to protect us from Mother Nature.  If you haven't ramped up your knowledge on crop insurance in a while, there's a lot to know about how it can protect you against price fluctuations as well.  Here Water Street Solutions Crop Insurance Sales Manager Steve Jackson talks with Ken Rahjes of KRVN about this.  Crop Insurance is about More than Just Yield - Jackson AUDIO

This year there's also a new option that comes privately from the Climate Corporation, Total Weather Insurance.  Water Street Solutions has twelve Premier Agents that can help you with Total Weather Insurance.  Call (309) 680-1200 with questions or to be connected to the Premier Agent in your area.

As you're planning your 2012 crop year, it's important to manage risk.  One of the newer tools available for farmers is Total Weather Insurance from the Climate Coportation.  I talked here with George Bercaw, a Premier Agent for TWI who works for Water Street Solutions.  Learn more about the product by listening to this short interview.  George Bercaw on TWI

You may have read a lot about us over the years....and wondered if your business could benefit from our services.  In this interview with Dave Russell from the Brownfield Network, Water Street Solutions' President and CEO Darren Frye talks about the kind of farmer that benefits the most from working with us.  Listen to that interview here.

Brownfield News reports that 2011 has been a year of big payouts for crop insurance companies, with more than $7.1 billion dollars paid out so far.  Read the full story here. 

Nine Water Street Solutions Crop Insurance Specialists have now qualified for Premier status with the Climate Corporation to market Total Weather Insurance.  This is a private product that can help augment coverage beyond 85% of a grower's APH.  It's based on insuring against bad weather circumstances in a 2 mile x 2 mile geographic grid.  Premier agents are:

• George Bercaw - Western and Southern Indiana, Kentucky -  (812) 887-2717
• Louis Guthrie - Southern Illinois - (618) 616-0588
• Brent Dykstra - Northwestern Illinois - (309) 525-3376
• Grant Frye - Northern Illinois - (309) 303-1126
• Ann Yocum - Springfield Illinois area - (217) 741-7583
• Ryan Siebenthal - Central Illinois - (309) 678-8953
• Jeff Schmidt - Eastern Indiana/Western Ohio - (937) 604-5191
• Jeff Lane - Iowa/Nebraska - (515) 707-0869
• Darryl Ricketts - Western Illinois - (309) 255-2306

Call the Premier agent in your area to get a free customized weather risk report.

Over the weekend, Darren Frye, President and CEO of Water Street Solutions appeared as a guest analyst on US Farm Report.  Frye discussed what farmers can do to find profit in the market at this point.