Chris Cogburn - Sustainable Crop Ins (Page 3)

Chris Cogburn

Chris Cogburn is the manager of Sustainable Crop Insurance Services, LP (SCIS) and has been with SCIS since its founding in 2006. Chris previously served as the Strategic Business Director for the National Sorghum Producers from 2006 – 2015, where he worked on farm policy as well as regulatory matters. He developed the farm level models used by NSP for decision making during work on the 2008 and 2014 Farm Bills. Crop insurance is a key part of the 2014 Farm Bill and his knowledge of its interaction with farm policy remains critical and is beneficial to SCIS clients.

Chris's regulatory work includes projects with the Farm Service Agency (FSA), Risk Management Agency (RMA), and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). He worked with FSA on the 2008 Farm Bill’s implementation of SURE and its treatment of “ghost crop” sorghum behind failed cotton and wheat. His RMA work has included the implementation of the sorghum crop insurance election methodology in the 2008 Farm Bill as well as SCO implementation in the 2014 Farm Bill. Chris also worked with RMA in expanding the silage sorghum pilot to include Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico; he is currently working on the expansion of the annual forage program. He has also worked with RMA regional offices in Oklahoma City, Topeka, Raleigh, and Valdosta on grain sorghum planting dates. Chris’ EPA regulatory work has included reregistration of propazine as well as renewable fuels pathways for grain sorghum and biomass sorghum.

Chris is a summa cum laude graduate of Texas Tech University where he received a bachelor’s degree in Agricultural and Applied Economics. Chris has farmed in the Happy and Dumas, Texas, areas and is married to Amy. They have two sons, Tucker and Logan.

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