Risk Management Conference 2026

Organized by Delaware Cooperative Extension and Delaware Farm Bureau

Lunch and refreshments will be provided. 

February 25, 2026
8 a.m. - 3:45 p.m.

Harrington Fire Hall

20 Clark St.

Harrington, DE 19950

The event is provided free of charge, but you must RSVP.

For questions regarding the conference, contact Nathaniel Bruce at nsbruce@udel.edu or (302) 362-7619.

For questions regarding registration, contact Mikayla Paul at mikayla.paul@defb.org or

(302) 697-3183.

Agenda

8:00am – 8:15am  Check-in/Registration

8:15am – 8:30am  Conference Opening

Speakers: Don Clifton, Delaware Secretary of Agriculture

Bill Powers, Delaware Farm Bureau President

8:30am – 9:15am  Commodity Crop 2026 Budgets

Speakers: Shannon Dill, University of Maryland 

Nate Bruce, University of Delaware

9:15am – 10:00  Economics of Agriculture Technology

Speakers: James Adkins, University of Delaware 

Jarrod Miller, University of Delaware

10:00am – 10:15am  BREAK

10:15am – 11:00am  2026 Crop Insurance Options

Speaker: Kevin Wooten, USDA Risk Management Agency

11:00am – 11:45am  Grain Market Outlook and Commodity Balance Sheets

Speaker: Dale Maurice Johnson, University of Maryland

11:45am – 12:30pm  LUNCH

12:30pm – 1:15pm Economics of Agricultural Chemicals

Speaker: Faith Parum, American Farm Bureau

1:15pm – 2:00pm  Introduction to Economics of Precisions Conservation

Speaker: Nate Bruce, University of Delaware

2:00pm – 2:15pm  BREAK

2:15pm – 3:00pm  Retirement Options for Farmers

Speaker: Kelly Sipple, University of Delaware

3:00pm – 3:45pm  Ambiguous Loss

Speaker: Laurie Wolinski, University of Delaware                                                          

Jennifer Ford, Mental Health Association of Delaware