The Farm Assets Conference kicks off our major winter meetings with a day-long event at the i-Hotel in Champaign on Friday, December 13. The agricultural economists will provide insights on crop budgets, commodity market outlook, the agricultural policy landscape, land values and more. The crop scientists will fill out the production side of the picture discussing weed, insect, and disease issues along with soil fertility and sustainability research.
Join the farmdoc team and University of Illinois Extension Crop Scientists in Champaign for the Farm Assets Conference on Friday December 13th.
You can join the ag economists as they take the IFES show on the road to Mt. Vernon, Peoria, and DeKalb on December 16, 17, and 18.
Registration
Preregistration for the 2024 Farm Assets Conference is $80 per person. Registration is $100 per person one week before the event.
For registration questions contact Todd Gleason, tgleason@illinois.edu.
2024 Schedule
7:30 – Registration
7:55 – Introduction and Overview
– Todd Gleason, University of Illinois Extension WILL Radio
8:00 – Practical Advice for Conservation Management
– Emily Heaton, University of Illinois
– Giovani Preza Fontes, University of Illinois
– Gary Schnitkey, University of Illinois
8:40 – Commercial Lenders and Agriculture
– Gerald Mashange, University of Illinois
9:10 – Mental Health and the Farm
– Josie Rudolphi, University of Illinois
9:30 – Alternative Federal Crop Insurance Products
– Brittney Goodrich, University of Illinois
10:00 BREAK
10:20 – Growing Regions Weather
– Eric Snodgrass, Nutrien Ag Solutions
11:00 – FBFM Farm Financials
– Brad Zwilling, Illinois FBFM
11:30 – Strategies to Manage Farm Input Costs
– Nick Paulson, University of Illinois
12:00 – LUNCH
1:00 – Farm Policy Update
– Jonathan Coppess, University of Illinois
1:30 – South American Crop Prospects
– Joana Colussi, University of Illinois
2:00 – Crop Sciences Production Panel Discussion
– Boris Camiletti, Extension Plant Pathologist – University of Illinois
– Aaron Hager, Extension Weed Scientist – University of Illinois
– John Jones, Extension Soil Scientist – University of Illinois
– Nick Seiter, Extension Field Crops Entomologist – University of Illinois
3:00 – ACE Grain Market Outlook Panel
– Joe Janzen, University of Illinois
– Matt Bennett, AgMarket.net
– Brian Stark, The Andersons