The Risk Management State Wide Action Team (SWAT) is one of twelve SWATs that focus on different issue areas. The purpose of the Iowa Farm Bureau’s SWATs is to provide:

• education to SWAT members so IFBF has a well-informed “panel of experts” on issues;
• an additional avenue for input to the organization in issue surfacing;
• a group that can be asked to participate in policy implementation (feedback on specific regulations, attendance requested at town hall meetings, etc.);
• input on IFBF programming needs.
• input to the IFBF Board of Directors on items for their information.

To make the best use of our volunteers’ time, most of the communication with the SWATs will be done via email and this website.

Not a member of the Risk Management SWAT Team? Click here to get signed up!

Date:2-1-2007		Information Administration's Farm Policy Recommendations
Date:2-8-2007		Iowa Grain Indemnity Fund
Date:4-2-2007		Flexible Land Leases
Date:8-7-2007		Farmland Lease Agreements and the U.S. House 2007 farm bill
Date:9-26-2007		September Market Update from AFBF
Date:11-15-2007		Increased Crop Risk in 2008?
Date:12-14-2007		Farm Bill and Energy Bill pass Senate
Date:1-13-2008		Assessing and Managing Strategic Risk in Agriculture
Date:5-8-2008		Farm Bill Finalized
Date:5-15-2008		House, Senate Pass Farm Bill
Date:6-5-2008		Iowa Grain Indemnity Fund
Date:9-10-2008		SURE Program
Date:9-25-2008		Fall Seeded Crops, SURE Program
Date:10-03-2008		USDA Disaster Declaration
Date:12-02-2008		Lower Fall Prices, Check Crop Insurance
Date:12-23-2008		USDA Farm Program Announcements
Date: 1-06-2009		ACRE Farm Program
Date: 1-15-2009		2009 Costs of Crop Production
Date: 2-03-2009		Farm Bill Webcast Recorded
Date: 3-17-2009		03-17-2009 Summary of Discussion and Board Information Items from SWAT meeting
Date: 4-9-2009		ACRE Program Enrollment Opens
Date: 5-12-2009		USDA May Supply Demand Report
Date: 5-27-2009		Expansion of Futures Contracts
Date: 7-6-2009		Resources for ACRE Decsion
Date: 7-9-2009		Risk Management and Farm Programs Update
Date: 7-13-2009		New Administrators of FSA and RMA
Date: 7-17-2009		Farm Storage Loan Program
Date: 8-31-2009		Sept.30 Crop Insurance Deadline for Fall Planted Crops
Date: 9-15-2009		Sept.30 Insurance Deadline and SURE
Date: 9-25-2009		SWAT Update Fall Marketing Webinars
Date: 10-5-2009		Webinar Agin Uncertain Times