
The Farm Assets Conference will be held on Nov. 21 in Normal, Ill. Sponsored by WILL radio, this annual conference brings together commodity group leaders and farmers to talk about new farm bill developments, business practices and current issues facing the agriculture industry.
Held at the Marriott Hotel in Normal, the conference runs from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; doors open at 9:30 a.m. Tickets are $35. The Illinois Corn Growers Association annual business meeting will be held in the same location from 8 to 10 a.m.
Here’s a look at the agenda:
10:30 a.m. Farm Bill, Crop Insurance, Trade and Ag Legislation
• Trevor Reuschel, legislative director for Rep. Cheri Bustos
• Tara Smith, vice president of federal affairs, Michael Torrey Associates
• Craig Gundersen, agricultural economist, University of Illinois
11:30 a.m. WILL Ag Soybean Panel
• Curt Kimmel, Bates Commodities, Normal
• Joe Vaclavik, Standard Grain, Chicago
• Chip Nellinger, Blue Reef Agri-Marketing, Morton, Ill.
• Todd Hubbs, commodity markets specialist, University of Illinois
Noon Lunch
1 p.m. Weather
• Eric Snodgrass, Agrible Inc.
1:30 p.m. Farmland Still Holding Value
• Bruce Sherrick, TIAA Center for Farmland Research, University of Illinois
2 p.m. Break
2:20 p.m. Marrying Conservation and Economics
• Gary Schnitkey, University of Illinois
• Dale Lattz, University of Illinois
• Moderator Laura Gentry, Illinois Corn Growers Association
3:10 p.m. WILL Ag Corn Panel
• Matt Bennett, Bennett Consulting, Channel Seeds, Windsor, Ill.
• Bill Gentry, Risk Management Commodities, Lafayette, Ind.
• Jim McCormick, Allendale, McHenry, Ill.
• Todd Hubbs, commodity markets specialist, University of Illinois
4 p.m. Conservation Survey via the Illinois Nature Conservancy and Illinois Soybean Association
For more information or to register, check out farmassetsconference.com or call 800-898-1065.
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