Jenny Ifft

Agricultural policy, crop insurance, non-traditional finance

Associate Professor & Extension Specialist
Flinchbaugh Agricultural Policy Chair
Kansas State University

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Documents & Presentations by Jenny Ifft
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Conservation Practices and Farm Profitability

Chelsea Plummer with the Kansas Farm Management Association shares part of their podcast where she talked with K-State’s Jenny Ifft and Delide Joseph about their research on conversation practices and farm profitability.

February 20, 2025
Making Farm Program and Crop Insurance Decisions for 2025 - Webinar Slides and Recording

During the webinar, a participant mentioned that the SCO sign-up deadline for spring-planted crops had been extended to April 15. Today we confirmed with RMA that the SCO deadline has not been extended. There are some minor changes to STAX, which are available here at https://www.rma.usda.gov/policy-procedure/bulletins-memos/managers-bulletin/mgr-25-001-stacked-income-protection-plan

 

February 12, 2025
Advanced ARC / PLC / SCO Tradeoff Tool
For Mac users, contact Jenny Ifft (jifft@ksu.edu) for a web link. 
February 11, 2025
ARC, PLC and High Coverage Options

Robin Reid, K-State Extension farm economist, and Jenny Ifft, Flinchbaugh agricultural policy chair at K-State, explain ARC, PLC and high coverage options.

February 10, 2025
Farm and Agribusiness Management in the Ad Hoc Era - Webinar Slides and Recording

February 5, 2025
American Relief Act Economic Assistance and Disaster Aid Payments - Webinar Slides and Recording

January 29, 2025
Ad Hoc Payments

Jenny Ifft, Flinchbaugh Agricultural Policy chair at K-State, and Brady Brewer, K-State associate professor in agricultural economics, talk about a webinar series that is beginning and outline their Ad-Hoc payments presentation.

January 28, 2025
2025 Supplemental Coverage Option (SCO) and Enhanced Coverage Option (ECO) Payment Calculator

This calculator will show SCO and ECO payments based on final county yields and harvest price for a farmer's underlying crop insurance contract.

January 17, 2025
Kansas Yield Correlation Tool

This tool helps corn, grain sorghum, soybean, and wheat producers analyze the relationship between their yields and county-level yields, which can be useful in deciding whether or not to use high coverage policies such as the Supplement Coverage Option (SCO) and the Enhanced Coverage Option (ECO). Producers will need to have yield records to use the tool.

January 17, 2025
Economic Assistance Payments

Jenny Ifft and Logan Moss discuss estimated economic assistance payments and explain resources they have developed for growers.

January 7, 2025