Auburn Agency Crop serves more than 1,800 farmers across Nebraska, Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, Ohio, Arkansas, Illinois and Indiana. We have a long history of policy development and program innovation. Areas we have been involved legislatively, or administratively with the Risk Management Agency are:
- Assisted Congress in securing prevented planting as a covered peril in the standard MPCI policy during the excessive moisture year 1996.
- Ruth Gerdes chaired the Original APH Task Force at the request of Risk Management Agency Manager James Casson. This began the basis for our current Actual Production History that drives crop insurance today.
- Provided input and guidance to Dr. Art Barnaby of Kansas State University in the development of revenue products.
- Assisted Rick Gibson, President of American Agrisurance in getting approval and ability to sell the first Revenue Product approved by the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation called Crop Revenue Coverage.
- Ruth Gerdes has chaired the Regulatory Affairs Committee of the Crop Insurance Professional Agents of American, having served in this capacity for 4 years.
- Ruth Gerdes has testified numerous times in front of Congress on behalf of farmers.
- Ruth spent 6 years on the Nebraska Corn Board and served on the National Corn Growers Government Affairs Committee.
Our Team
We believe in seasoned leadership, strategic foresight and above all, we believe in putting farmers first. Connect with one of our six active agents to find out how we can assess and manage risk to protect the future of your family’s farm.
President
Ruth Gerdes
Auburn, Neb.
Ruth Gerdes grew up on a farm and ranch in Western Nebraska and attended the University of Nebraska, where she earned degrees in agricultural journalism and animal science. In 1979 she married Myron, and the couple moved to his family farm near Auburn, Nebraska where they began their own corn, soybean, and purebred Angus farm. Gerdes’ first job was at Excel Corporation, now Cargill, where she was the first woman to be in their U.S. corporate sales division.
