Episode 254: Managing Farm Risk Differently (DTN Yield Tour Preview)

Despite the investment that many farmers make into crop insurance products, some policies in some parts of the country simply don’t pay out. As farmers look ahead to increasingly difficult conditions and no real prospect of improved indemnification, many are on the hunt for alternatives to conventional insurance products that are better built for unique and changing conditions in agriculture.

Today, we’re joined by DTN Farm Business Editor Katie Dehlinger, who walks us through her feature reporting on emerging risk management tools like micro captive insurance. She’ll help us understand what this tool is, how it works, and for which kinds of operations it may be a good fit. We’ll also dig into why these tools are becoming more desirable and worthwhile for farmers and the implications they have for tax liability and succession planning.

We’ll also talk with Katie about the upcoming DTN Digital Yield Tour, which will take place August 11th through 16th. She talks us through changes from previous years, what she expects to see in terms of results, and how farmers can get access to the latest yield predictions and attend the Ag Summit Series event.

Register for the 2025 DTN Ag Summit Series: Digital Yield Tour, Crop Updates at https://dtn.link/2025AgSummitFall