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 12, 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
Registration for the next year has not yet opened. Please check back in late October.
For registration questions contact Todd Gleason, tgleason@illinois.edu.
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
– KJ Johnson, Illinois Fertilizer and Chemical 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
– Rod Johnson, UofI ACES Associate Dean of Research
– Rodney Wienzerl, Illinois Corn Growers Association
– Matthew Vann, Director University of Illinois Extension
2025 Presentations
Audio Playlist From Closing Market Report
December 12, 2025
Here you will find audio from the December 12, 2025 University of Illinois Extension Farm Assets conference. It is a joint production of willag.org and farmdoc. The in-person event began with grain and livestock outlooks by the farmdoc team followed up with farm budgets and then moved on to new demand driven opportunities for commodity agriculture focusing on corn and soybeans.