We know business insurance. In fact, we’ve been providing it to companies like yours for over a century. So when you choose to trust your business with us, you can be confident that we’ll get to know your operations and your employees.

We encourage our members to leverage this expertise by exploring Sentry’s free resources and tapping into their experienced safety team. Their library offers a wealth of safety materials, including dozens of insightful articles.

Topics include: Establishing a Product Safety Process at Your Business, Document Management Program, Reporting an Incident or Claim: A Guide for Farm Equipment Manufacturers and Loss Control Guidelines.

May 20, 2026 | 10-11 A.M. CT Sentry Webinar: Depending on your industry, OSHA inspections come with the territory. You may have questions like:

• What are my rights and responsibilities?
• How do I prepare for an inspection?
• What do I do during and after the compliance officer’s visit?

Don’t worry. We’re here to help you prepare for an unexpected OSHA inspection.

Webinar Offerings: For a comprehensive list of all webinars, go to .

Sentry Resource Library: Members can find a comprehensive library of safety resources from Sentry at: FarmEquip.org/SentrySafetyLibrary.

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Dec. 19 Sentry Webinar: As a manager, you want to keep your employees safe. Listening to their workplace safety concerns is a good first step. In this presentation, they’ll address employee concerns, come up with an action plan, and handle OSHA complaints. Participants in this interactive session will develop skills, such as holding an employee interview and conducting a Job Hazard Analysis (JHA).

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Sentry Resource Library: Members can find a comprehensive library of safety resources from Sentry at: .

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October 3 @ 11:30 a.m. In this webinar, they’ll start by sharing their expert-approved checklist of the building blocks every corporate website needs. From common pitfalls to easy-to-miss details, you’ll learn how to assess your own site and start making improvements right away. You’ll be surprised at how small tweaks can lead to big results.
November 7 @ 11:30 a.m. When should they work together? You might wonder when to use SharePoint and when to use Microsoft Teams. The questions are easy to answer and hard to answer because of the two tools, the overlapping functionality, the organization’s culture, and what the established Governance for the environment is.
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Topics include: Establishing a Product Safety Process at Your Business, Document Management Program, Reporting an Incident or Claim: A Guide for Farm Equipment Manufacturers and Loss Control Guidelines.

Sept. 11 Sentry Webinar:. Slips, trips, and falls are prevalent in every industry. For many organizations, they’re the leading cause of loss. In this webinar, we’ll discuss some of the best practices to help reduce the incident potential of this common exposure.

Oct. 9 Sentry Webinar: Properly safeguarding machines is vital. In this webinar, we’ll help attendees recognize when safeguarding is needed and how to identify different types of regulatory requirements.

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Sentry Resource Library: Members can find the comprehensive library of safety resources from Sentry at:

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Both one-hour sessions are offered at no cost to participants. You need not be a Sentry policyholder to attend.

Hazard Recognition and Assessment

Get tips on developing and enforcing a proactive safety program, including program elements such as hazard recognition, assessment, and mitigation. Pick up strategies for making workplace inspections more effective.

The webinar is 10 a.m. Central on Thursday, Jan. 20. Register at .

Product Liability for Farm Equipment

Learn tools for protecting your customers and the bottom line. Understand the nuances of coverages like product liability, including industry standards, recent trends, and the steps you can take to reduce your exposures.

The webinar is 10 a.m. Central on Tuesday, Feb. 8. Register at .

Sentry also has created for members a comprehensive safety toolkit. See the document at .

Readers of today’s digital issue have time to sign up for Steve Wilson’s webinar on understanding how Manufacturing Extension Partnerships can help you. Wilson, who will speak in Oklahoma City, will host a virtual session at 10 a.m. Central Wednesday, Oct. 6, on these public-private partnerships established in all 50 states.

The Association’s Wednesday Webinars series continues to gain strength. Find a library of our early offerings, which include sessions on achieving a state of readiness, tax breaks for manufacturers, and estate and succession planning, at .

To register for a webinar or learn more, contact Membership Director Matt Rice at (314) 878-2304, or Matt@FarmEquip.org.

Ask the Agency: An E-Commerce Q&A
11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Central
Tuesday, Sept. 21

Michael Bird, CEO of Spindustry Inc., will answer members’ questions about how to sell their products in the digital marketplace. He led a similar discussion at the Supply Summit in Kansas City following a panel presentation on farmers’ buying beliefs and behaviors.

Bird will speak again at the fall convention in Oklahoma City, as will Susan Baier with Audience Audit. They will be joined by John Anderson of Fastline Marketing Group to discuss what dealers and other marketers need from manufacturers to optimize equipment sales.

Succession and Estate Planning
10 to 11 a.m. Central
Wednesday, Sept. 29

Justin Mentele from KCoe Isom will lead the conversation, which previews a new service offered by the Association in which members are entitled to 60-minute, no-cost, confidential consultations with KCoe Isom on succession planning and mergers and acquisitions.

This webinar was rescheduled from an earlier date in September.

To sign up for either session, contact Membership Services Director Matt Rice at Matt@FarmEquip.org, or (314) 720-4234.