LRPLamb Activities

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LRP-Lamb Activities

• EDUCATION, OUTREACH AND UPDATE

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LRP-LAMB TOPICS

• Review of sales
• Education and outreach
• Market review
• Model and advisory committee
• Annual review comments
• 508-H submission

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2008 CROP YEAR
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2009 CROP YEAR (One Month)
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ON-LINE TRAINING COURSE

• Hot button on www.sheepusa.org
• 25-minute course includes hot-links to RMA
  material and agents
• Used as a CD-ROM for meetings and seminars
• Sections are printed for meeting handouts
• Estimated 5,000 people trained

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DIRECT CONTACT WITH SHEEP PRODUCERS

• 35 state sheep producer meetings2,100 people
• Personal phone conversations with 60 sheep
  producers and 18 insurance agents
• Local, regional and national sheep producer
  workshops----600 people

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LAMB MARKET REVIEW

• Macro economy
• Other commodities
• No breeding flock inventory impact
• Key components

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KEY COMPONENTS

• Key parameters
• Easter
• Wholesale market (cutout value)
• Dressed weights
• Pelt prices
• Models
• Circuit breaker (t-0)
• Forecast models for t-13, t-26, t-39

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MODEL AND ADVISORY COMMITTEE

• Quarterly and annual model updates
• Calculations and postings (Friday and Monday)
• Circuit breaker triggered
• Ongoing market monitoring and conference calls
• Expert reviews and evaluations

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ADVISORY COMMITTEE, STAFF, Etc.

• David Anderson, PhD, Texas A M University
• Tim Petry, North Dakota State University
• Russell Tronstad, PhD, University of Arizona
• Dillon Fuez, PhD, Utah State University
• LMIC -- Erica Rosa, James Robb and Laura Lahr
• Other (Not Advisory and Staff) LMIC Members,
  ASI, and Virginia Tech University

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508-H SUBMISSION

• Modeling Refinements
• Rating Review and Re-rating
• Different Endorsement Length
• Alter Policy Language where appropriate
• Add Washington as a Pilot State

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SUMMARY
THANK YOU!