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Become a Certified ISO 31000 Risk Management Professional

By jparsons Posted on October 13, 2014 Posted in Announcements, Workshops No Comments

A three-day course, December 9-11, 2014 in Denver, CO, will enable participants to become certified ISO 31000 risk management professionals (Foundations level). This training and exam are based on the ISO 31000 risk management standard which can be used by …

A Case for Random Choices in Decision-Making

By jparsons Posted on August 31, 2014 Posted in Commentary No Comments

I just read an interesting article by Michael Schulson called “How to Choose?” and subtitled “When your reasons are worse than useless, sometimes the most rational choice is a random stab in the dark.”

This article raises a lot of …

Sometimes Normal Isn’t Good

By jparsons Posted on August 1, 2013 Posted in Commentary No Comments

In his book Thinking, Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman defines intense regret as “what you experience when you can most easily imagine yourself doing something other than what you did.”  We’ve all experienced regret at some point in our lives …

The Importance of Developing Risk Policies

By jparsons Posted on June 24, 2013 Posted in Commentary No Comments

In his book Thinking, Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman includes a chapter titled Risk Policies. If you are someone who has put off creating risk policies and made risk management decisions based on gut-instinct for a number of years, you …

Stochastic Budget Tools Updated

By jparsons Posted on October 21, 2011 Posted in Announcements, Website updates No Comments

The stochastic budget tools in the Risk Navigator toolbox have been updated. We now have available both a Stochastic Crop Budget Generator tool and a Stochastic Livestock Budget Generator tool.

The Stochastic Crop Budget Generator tool was updated to correct …

Help Wanted: The Next Generation of Agricultural Producers

By jparsons Posted on February 22, 2011 Posted in Announcements, Workshops No Comments

Join us February 28, 2011 at the Comfort Inn in Hadley, Massachusetts for “Help Wanted: The next Generation of Agricultural Producers.” The program will start at 7:00 pm with a presentation on the aging agriculture producer population and funding programs …

Risk Management in Massachusetts Agriculture

By jparsons Posted on February 22, 2011 Posted in Announcements, Workshops No Comments

Join us February 28, 2011 at the Comfort Inn in Hadley, Massachusetts for “Risk Management for Massachusetts Agriculture.” The program will start at noon with a working lunch and an Introduction to Risk Management in Agriculture presentation. It will also …

Big Horn Basin Farms Risk Simulation Update: Version 2.0 Now Available

By jparsons Posted on February 21, 2011 Posted in Announcements, Website updates No Comments

Version 2.0 of the Ag Survivor Big Horn Basin Farms risk simulation scenario has now been released and is available on the Ag Survivor website at

http://www.AgSurvivor.com/bhbFarms.aspx

This update includes the addition of the distribution screens at the conclusion of …

High Plains Ranch Version 3.1 Released

By jparsons Posted on January 27, 2011 Posted in Announcements, Website updates No Comments

Version 3.1 of the Ag Survivor High Plains Ranch scenario has now been released and is available on the Ag Survivor website at

http://www.AgSurvivor.com/HighPlains.aspx

This update includes updates to the Pasture, Rangeland, and Forage (PRF) Vegetation Index insurance component of …

Strategic Risk Management 101 Module 8 “Choosing a Risk Management Plan” Presentation Now Available

By jparsons Posted on November 22, 2010 Posted in Announcements, Website updates No Comments

A Strategic Risk Management 101 course Module 8 presentation on Step 7 of the Strategic Risk Management Process is now available on the web. Step 7 is how to Choose the Best Risk Management Alternative.

Also available as a …

Strategic Risk Management 101 Module 10 Marketing Risk Presentation Now Available

By jparsons Posted on November 16, 2010 Posted in Announcements, Website updates No Comments

A Strategic Risk Management 101 course Module 10 presentation on Marketing Risk is now available on the web.

The entire Strategic Risk Management 101 course consists of 10 modules and is available on the RiskNavigatorSRM.com website.

This work was …

Drought Risk Management Program in Weyers Cave, Virginia

By jparsons Posted on August 19, 2010 Posted in Announcements, Workshops No Comments

Join us August 25th at the Weyers Cave Community Center in Weyers Cave, Virginia for “Drought Risk Management for Grazing and Haying Operations.” The program will start at 10:15 am and include presentations on Pasture, Rangeland and Forage (PRF) insurance, …

NNTAO August Conference in Arizona

By jparsons Posted on July 28, 2010 Posted in Announcements, Workshops No Comments

Join us August 5th and 6th at the Seba Dalkai School in Arizona for the Navajo Nation Traditional Agricultural Outreach (NNTAO) Farmers and Rancher Workshop and Roundtable Event. Registration and program details can be found by clicking the link below.…

High Plains Ranch Version 3.0 Released

By jparsons Posted on July 27, 2010 Posted in Announcements, Website updates No Comments

Version 3.0 of the Ag Survivor High Plains Ranch scenario has now been released and is available on the Ag Survivor website at

http://www.AgSurvivor.com/HighPlains.aspx

This update includes a major update to the Pasture, Rangeland, and Forage (PRF) Vegetation Index insurance …

Risk Efficiency Tool Update

By jparsons Posted on June 15, 2010 Posted in Announcements, Website updates No Comments

The Risk Efficiency Tool was recently updated in the RiskNavigatorSRM.com toolbox.  This update provides a new Excel file that contains minor changes to the worksheets and background code in the Risk Efficiency Tool.

The updated Risk Efficiency Tool is available …

Risk Management Workshop in Stanford, MT

By jparsons Posted on June 1, 2010 Posted in Announcements, Workshops No Comments

Make plans now to attend “Strategic Risk Management in Agriculture” an interactive risk management workshop offered on Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at the City Hall in Stanford, Montana. The workshop will run from 11 am to 3 pm and lunch …

Risk Management Workshop in Lewistown, MT

By jparsons Posted on June 1, 2010 Posted in Announcements, Workshops No Comments

Make plans now to attend “Strategic Risk Management in Agriculture” an interactive risk management workshop offered in Lewistown, Montana on Monday, June 21, 2010 at the Central Montana Education Center. The workshop will run from 11 am to 3 pm …

Human Resource Risk Assessment tool update

By jparsons Posted on May 26, 2010 Posted in Announcements, Website updates No Comments

The Human Resource Risk Assessment tool was recently updated in the RiskNavigatorSRM.com toolbox.  This update provides a newer flash file version of the Human Resource Risk Assessment tool that is enabled for printing, saving, and reloading of a saved file. …

Risk Management Workshop in Montrose, CO

By jparsons Posted on May 24, 2010 Posted in Announcements, Workshops No Comments

Make plans to attend our “Managing Risk on Colorado Rangeland” risk management workshop in Montrose, Colorado on July 20, 2010 at the Holiday Inn Express. The workshop will run from 2-5 pm. It will include a range monitoring presentation by …

New Table of Contents Posted

By jparsons Posted on May 20, 2010 Posted in Website updates No Comments

Our RiskNavigatorSRM.com companion book Applied Risk Management in Agriculture was released in October 2009 by CRC Press. We have recently updated the table of contents on our RiskNavigatorSRM.com textbook page to match exactly with what was published.

You can access …

Risk Navigator SRM Blog Welcome

By jparsons Posted on May 4, 2010 Posted in Announcements No Comments

Risk Navigator SRM© is a ten-step risk management program based on the strategic planning process. The Risk Navigator SRM© program was developed to make risk management accessible to typical agricultural producers. The ten steps are designed to integrate …

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