The 2023 Farm Assets Conference is scheduled for Friday, December 15 at the i-Hotel & Illinois Conference Center on the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus. The doors open at 8:30 a.m. central.

Presented by the University of Illinois Extension & farmdoc team.

Registration is $80 per person through December 8 and $90 thereafter.

Agenda:

8:30am | Doors Open

9:00am | An Update on Brazilian Crop & Trade Prospects
– Joana Colussi, University of Illinois Global Agribusiness Management

9:30am | The 2023 Farm Bill
– Jonathan Coppess, University of Illinois Gardner Agriculture Policy Program
– Andrew Larson, Illinois Soybean Association Government Relations
– Brad Stotler, Illinois Corn Growers Association Public Policy

10:15am | Break

10:30am | Row Crop Farming in a War Zone
Roman Gorobets, Farmer – Ukraine

11:00 | The RFS, Renewable Diesel, SAF & the Future of Biofuels
– Scott Irwin, University of Illinois Agricultural Economist

11:30am | Lunch

12:30pm | farmdoc S&D Tables & Price Prospects
– Joe Janzen, University of Illinois Agricultural Economist
– Nick Paulson, University of Illinois Agricultural Economist

1:00pm | ACE Commodity Markets Discussion
– Matt Bennett, Co-Founder AgMarket.net
– Joe Janzen, University of Illinois Agricultural Economist
– Brian Stark, Profit Center Manager, Clymers, Delphi, & Frito Lay Grain
– Collin Watters, Illinois Corn Growers Association

1:45 | Break

2:00 | Field Crops Production Issues
– Emily Heaton, University of Illinois Director of I-Regen
– Emerson Nafziger, Emeritus University of Illinois Extension Agronomist
– Nick Seiter, University of Illinois Extension Field Crops Entomologist

3:00pm | The Value of Farmland
– Michael Gunderson, Chief Credit Officer – Farm Credit Illinois
– Bruce Sherrick, Director TIAA Center for Farmland Research