This year’s Farm Assets Conference is scheduled for Friday, December 12 at the Agri-Center in Bloomington, Illinois. The doors open at 7:30 a.m. central. The program starts at 8:00 a.m.
The Farm Assets Conference is a day long event in Bloomington. It is not the same as the IFES series of meetings held the following week across the state (DeKalb, Peoria, Mt. Vernon).
2025 Farm Assets Conference
Friday, December 13, 2024
Agri-Center, Bloomington, Illinois
You can join the ag economists as they take the IFES show on the road to DeKalb, Peoria, and Mt. Vernon on December 15, 16, and 17.
Registration
Extension and farmdoc programming are designed as cost-recovery events. Registration for 2025 is $80 per person through noon December 8 and $100 thereafter. Media and Extension personnel may register for free.
Contact Todd Gleason at tgleason@illinois.edu or (217) 333-9697 if you have questions.
2025 Schedule
7:30am Doors Open
LET’S TALK FUNDAMENTALS
8:00 Commodity Price Outlook
– Joe Janzen, University of Illinois
8:20 Livestock Price Outlook
– Brittney Goodrich, University of Illinois
8:40 Crop Budgets and Farm Management
– Nick Paulson, University of Illinois
9:00 Trade, Transportation, and the Global Grain Markets.
– Collin Watters, Illinois Corn Growers Association
– Mark Wilson, Chair United States Grains and BioProducts Council
DEMAND ON THE HORIZON
9:45 Signs Point to a Bullish Biofuels Policy
– Scott Irwin, University of Illinois
10:30 BioManufacturing and the Future of Ag
– Ismael Nieves, General Manager, Primient iPROOF
– Vijay Singh, IBRL University of Illinois
11:00 Ag Policy Objectives and Prospects
– Jonathan Coppess, University of Illinois
– Andrew Larson, Illinois Soybean Association
– Brad Stotler, Illinois Corn Growers Association
SPREADSHEETS AND MUDDY BOOTS
1:00 Why you should use the N-Rate Calculator
– Gary Schnitkey, University of Illinois Ag Economist
– Laura Gentry, Illinois Corn Growers Association
– John Jones, University of Illinois Soil Fertility
2:00 Crop Sciences for the 2026 Growing Season
– Aaron Hager, University of Illinois Weed Scientist
– Nick Sieter, University of Illinois Field Crops Entomologist
– Stephanie Porter Illinois Soybean Associaton Agronomist
RESEARCH, OUTREACH, AND WORKING TOGETHER
3:00 Round Table with the Ag Leadership
– Rodney Wienzerl, Illinois Corn Growers Association
– Matthew Vann, Director University of Illinois Extension