Doors open at 9:30am. The noon meal is included. Parking is free in the deck next to the Marriott. There are a large number of vendors available for you to talk with prior to and during the breaks. Come and check out the whole of the event.
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Farm Assets Conference
Tuesday, November 21, 2017
Marriott Hotel & Conference Center
201 Broadway Avenue
Normal, Illinois 61761
8:00 am | Illinois Corn Growers Association Annual Meeting
9:30 am | Farm Assets Registration Desk Opens
10:30am | Farm Bill, Crop Insurance, Trade, and Ag Legislation
- Trevor Reuschel, Legislative Director, Congresswoman Cheri Bustos
- Tara Smith, VP of Federal Affairs, Michael Torrey & Associates
- Craig Gundersen, Agricultural Economist - University of Illinois
11:30am | WILLAg Soybean Panel
- Curt Kimmel, Bates Commodities - Normal, Illinois
- Joe Vaclavik, Standard Grain - Chicago, Illinois
- Chip Nellinger, Blue Reef Agri-Marketing - Morton, Illinois
- Todd Hubbs, Commodity Markets Specialist - University of Illinois
Noon | Lunch
1:00pm | Weather
- Eric Snodgrass, Agrible Inc
1:30pm | Farmland Still Holding Value
- Bruce Sherrick, TIAA Center for Farmland Research - University of Illinois
2:00pm | Break
2:20pm | Marrying Conservation and Economics
- Laura Gentry, Director of Water Quality - Illinois Corn Growers Association
- Dale Lattz, farmdoc Research Specialist - University of Illinois
- Gary Schnitkey, Agricultural Economist - University of Illinois
- Randy Stauffer, Precision Conservation Management Coordinator
3:10pm | WILLAg Corn Panel
- Matt Bennett, Bennett Consulting Channel Seeds - Windsor, Illinois
- Bill Gentry, Risk Management Commodities - Lafayette, Indiana
- Jim McCormick, Allendale - McHenry, Illinois
- Todd Hubbs, Commodity Markets Specialist - University of Illinois
4:00pm | Conservation Survey via the Illinois Nature Conservancy & Illinois Soybean Association
