Rural Mutual Round Table - Crop Insurance - Jenny Brown
March 15th is the looming deadline for crop insurance decisions that farms will live with for the rest of the calendar year. Do you have all the answers you need to make the right choice? Crop insurance rates are basically the same for any company you might work with, but the service you receive …
Winter Safety On The Farm - It's About More Than Slipping
Winter's in Wisconsin provide all kinds of challenges to anyone who lives here. For farms and agribusinesses, there's some especially unique situations that can develop with colder weather, along with snow and ice. Carl Thomfohrda and Tony Aguado are two Rural Mutual Insurance agents in Northwest…
Life Insurance - Is It Part Of Your Toolbox?
It's a difficult conversation to have sometimes. What happens if something happens to you? How many people will it impact. What about the farm or business? It's complicated terrain for many families to cover, but Rural Mutual Insurance is a trusted partner involved in many of those discussions.…
Earth Day Emphasizes Sustainability - Rural Mutual Round Table
Pam Jahnke hosts Rachel Gerbitz, Director of Sustainability Communications and Partnerships for the Wisconsin Farm Bureau, along with Jason Mugnaini, Executive Director of Government Relations for WFBF. The emphasis is on "sustainability". The phrase is being used a lot in policy development and …
What Don't You Know About Insurance You're Depending On
What does an insurance agent do? What questions should you ask? On this edition of the Rural Mutual Round Table, Pam Jahnke visits with Daryl and Maddeline Pulsfus. They're Rural Mutual agents covering a large geography in southern Wisconsin with an emphasis on farms and agribusiness. They'll …
Farm Neighbors Care - Rural Mutual Round Table
On this edition of Rural Mutual's Round Table, the focus is on the Farm Neighbors Care campaign. Pam Jahnke visits with Kevin Krentz, dairy farmer and president of the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation - along with Cassie Sonnentag, Director of Media Relations and Outreach with the Wisconsin Farm B…
Rural Roundtable - Common and Uncommon Insurance Claims
It's time for another edition of Rural Roundtable. During this episode, Pam Jahnke chats wtih Tony Conlin, Director of Claims and Abby Weiss, Regional Claims Manager about coverage stories. These stories include common coverages to some special and extreme coverages. Learn more at RuralMutual.com
Rural Mutual Roundtable - Keep Family Safe When Operating Equipment
2022 is already proving to be a challenge for Wisconsin agriculture. High input costs, temperamental weather, and more congestion on rural roadways than ever before. Now, more than ever, farmers and their families need to keep the emphasis on operating safely. Chris Schlechta is the Safety & Los…
Rural Mutual Round Table - Farm Dividend Announcement
For the sixth year in a row since Rural Mutual Insurance established the first-of-its-kind Farm Dividend Program, the company’s Board of Directors declared a 5% dividend on all eligible farm policies for 2021 farm policyholders. Over the past six years, Rural Mutual has paid out over $15 million to…
Rural Mutual Roundtable - Cybersecurity Awareness
October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Over the last year during the pandemic it’s no surprise there has been an increase in online shopping, mobile banking, video conferences, and other online activities and in general as we evolve into a more tech-savvy generation. This is a great tim…