• What if a disaster happens to your farm business?  Are you covered?
• What are the risks that you should be concerned about? 

This winter Cornell Cooperative Extension Farm Business Management Specialists are offering 5 webinars on Tuesdays at lunch to help you understand different types of insurance policies and their typical provisions.  Join us for one or for all five.  Your registration on any date will give you a link to all five webinars.

Schedule:

1. January 13 (12:00-1:30) Insurance and Risk Management 101.  This first webinar will cover many of the general provisions found in insurance policies and describe some of the terms to be aware of when you are considering your options.  Steve Hadcock, Capital District Hort Team and FarmNet
2. January 20 (12:00-1:30) Liability Insurance. Liability Insurance is coverage for the risk that your business will cause harm to someone.  Are you having people on your farm or selling a food product?  You might need liability insurance. Robert Hadad, Cornell Vegetable Program, Elizabeth Higgins, Eastern NY Commercial Hort Program
3. January 27 (12:00-1:30) Crop Insurance and Disaster Coverage.  Federal programs to help farmers cover risk of crop and livestock and business losses from weather and natural disasters. Elizabeth Higgins, Eastern NY Commercial Hort Program
4. February 3 (12:00-1:30) Insuring People.  Options for health insurance, life insurance and disability insurance, and how they can help farmers and their employees.  Maire Ullrich, CCE Orange County and Lucas Smith, Cornell Ag Workforce Development
5. February 10 (12:00-1:30): Property Insurance.  Insuring your infrastructure from loss.  How much coverage do you need?  Desiree Keever, CCE Delaware County and Colin Hostetter, NNY Ag Team.

These webinars will provide updates on fruit-related topics and research happening at Cornell University. Webinars hosted by NYSIPM, CCE Harvest NY, CCE LOFP, and CCE ENYCHP.

These webinars will be held on Thursdays from 11am-12:30pm (The week 3 webinar will run from 11am-1pm).

If you missed a webinar or just want to review one you've all ready seen the recordings can be found at the yearly Winter Fruit Webinars playlist on the Cornell IPM Program YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@CornellIPM/playlists

NYSDEC Pesticide Recertification credits will be offered for indicated sessions. If you would like DEC Credits, please send a copy of your photo ID to Anna Wallis (aew232@cornell.edu) To receive credits you will need to attend the entire webinar on your own computer/device, and complete the required Google Form survey at the beginning and again at the end of the webinar.

Cornell Winter Fruit Webinar Series 2026

These webinars will provide updates on fruit-related topics and research happening at Cornell University. 

Webinars hosted by NYSIPM, CCE Harvest NY, CCE LOFP, and CCE ENYCHP.

If you missed a webinar or just want to review one you've all ready seen the recordings can be found at the yearly Winter Fruit Webinars playlist on the Cornell IPM Program YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Corne...

NYSDEC Pesticide Recertification credits will be offered for indicated sessions. If you would like DEC Credits, please send a copy of your photo ID to Anna Wallis (aew232@cornell.edu) To receive credits you will need to attend the entire webinar on your own computer/device, and complete the required Google Form survey at the beginning and again at the end of the webinar.