Leading national expert speakers & topics:
7:30 am:
Registration
8:00 am:
Welcome
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Craig Hill, President, Iowa Farm Bureau
8:15 am - 8:45 am:
Interest rates & the market
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Charlie Happel, Chief Financial Officer, Farm Bureau Financial Services
8:45 am - 9:15 am:
The Economy & Agriculture
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David Oppedahl, Senior Business Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
9:15 am - 9:45 am:
Crop & Livestock Outlook
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Don Roose - President, U.S. Commodities, Inc.
9:45 am - 10:00 am:
Break
10:00 am - 11:00 am:
A1)
Farm Land Opportunities in 2017 and Beyond
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Dr. Dave Muth, Senior Vice President of Analytics, Ag Solver & Peoples Company
A2)
Soil Health, Cover Crops and Nutrient Management
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Dr. Michael Castellano, Associate Professor in Soil Sciences, Iowa State University
B1)
Livestock Opportunities
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Brian Waddingham, Executive Director, Coalition to Support Iowa’s Farmers
B2)
Update to Iowa FMD and Livestock Emergency Management Plans
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Dr. James Roth, DVM, MS, PhD, Diplomate ACVM,
Clarence Hartley Covault, Distinguished Professor. Director, Center for Food Security and Public Health, Iowa State University
C1)
Crop Insurance Performance
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Spence Parkinson, Executive Director, Decision Innovation Solutions
C2)
ARC-CO Payments
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Michelle Mensing, Research Analyst, Decision Innovation Solutions
11:15 am - 12:00 am:
Trade Issues & Policy: Impacts for Iowa Agriculture
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Dr. Chad Hart, Associate Professor of Economics & Crop Markets Specialist, Iowa State University
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm:
Lunch - Priority Issues for Agriculture
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Zippy Duvall, President, American Farm Bureau Federation
1:45 pm - 2:25 pm:
Afternoon Breakouts, Digital Ag, Drones and Cover Crops Breakouts
D1) Farm Level Cover Crop Economics - Chad Watts, Executive Director, Conservation Technology Information Center
E1)
What’s New in Digital Ag & How to Use the Data
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Jeremy Wilson, Technology Specialist, Crop IMS
F1)
Aerial Crop Scouting
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Brent Johnson, Labre Crop Consulting & IFBF District 4 Director
2:40 pm - 3:15 pm:
Farm Financials and Ag Lending in 2017
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Jim Knuth, Senior Vice President, Farm Credit Services of America
3:15 pm - 3:45 pm:
Landlord-Tenant Relationships & Cash Rent Expectations
- Randy Dickhut, Senior Vice President, Farmers National Company
3:45 pm - 4:15 pm:
New & Used Machinery Markets
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Greg Peterson, Machinery Pete LLC.
4:15 pm - 5:00 pm:
Farm Bill and Trade
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John Newton, Director of Market Intelligence, American Farm Bureau Federation
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm:
Post Conference Reception
Event Registration