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.

To make the best use of our volunteers’ time, most of the communication with the SWATs will be done via email and this website. The SWATs will probably meet in person only at the IFBF Annual Meeting in August (for issue surfacing) and at the Policy Information Conference in March (for issue education and program review.)

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