SPEAKER PRESENTATIONS
Wednesday January 7, 2015 |
Farm by Farm: What the data is telling us at the county level - Bryce Knorr, senior market analyst, Farm Futures. |
New Tax Strategies in a Turbulent Economy - Kevin Bearley, K.Coe-Isom |
Data Science: The Engine Behind Profitability - Scott Robinson, president, FarmLink |
Keynote: Turbulent Times: Managing the Risk and Positioning for the Opportunity  - Mike Boehlje, ag economist, Purdue University |
Time for an HR checkup? How to obtain and maintain a first class farm workforce - Bernie Erven, Erven HR Services and professor emeritus, Ohio State University. |
Ag's future from the Fed's point of view - David Oppedahl, senior business economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. |
The Global Agriculture Business Backdrop - a Look Forward - J.B. Penn, chief economist, Deere & Company |
Thursday January 8, 2015 |
Track sessions (see below) |
The seven habits of profitable farmers – Greg Wolf, agricultural consultant, Kennedy & Coe, LLC |
2015 Outlook: After the Fall - Bryce Knorr, senior market analyst, Farm Futures |
TRACK SESSIONS January 8, 2015
Marketing and risk management |
Financial and Business Planning |
Management |
Busted flush: A marketing plan for today's grain market - Bryce Knorr, senior market analyst, Farm Futures |
Top 10 mistakes farmers make in estate planning - Paul Neiffer, CPA and business adviser, Cliftonlarsonallen consultants |
How to interview job candidates and make them a profitable key to your business - Bernie Erven, Human Resources consultant and economist emeritus at The Ohio State University |
Turbulent times: Are you ready? - University of Minnesota Ag Economist Bob Craven  |
Real World farm transitions – A Missouri farm family shares the pitfalls and successes in their family succession plan - Garrett and Cara Reikhof |
Boosting landlord and other business relationships -Jerry Moss, farm manager and Illinois farmer |
New risk management tools in the 2014 Farm Bill - Jonathon Coppess, University of Illinois clinical assistant professor and ag law expert |
How to manage 2015 production costs and crop budgets – Dwight Raab, Farm Business Farm Management Association director, University of Illinois |
Value at Risk - Mike Boehlje, ag economist, Purdue University. |
The future of remote sensing and unmanned aerial vehicles for your farm – Bruce Erickson, education distance and outreach director, Purdue University |
Online tools that can improve management decisions - Bob Craven, Ag Economist, University of Minnesota  |
What young farmers need to know in the 'new normal' - Jerry Moss, farm manager and Illinois farmer |