42nd Annual Western WI Ag Lender Conference

42nd Annual Western Wisconsin
Ag Lenders Conference

Join us for the 42nd Annual Western Wisconsin Ag Lenders Conference on Thursday, January 9, 2025.

This year’s conference will again be held at River Prairie Center | 1445 Front Porch Pl | Altoona, WI 54720

Registration begins at 8:30 AM.

The Agricultural Lenders Conference
is designed primarily for Lenders
and Agriculture professionals
who work with farm clientele. However, any interested parties are welcome to attend!

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Cost

Registration for the day, including lunch, is $60. The final due date for ALL registrations is Friday, December 27. (There is no early bird or late registration this year)

Agenda

8:30 am    Registration

9:00 am    Welcome, Introductions, and Housekeeping

9:05 am    Dairy Outlook and Federal Order Update, DMC, Farm Bill, etc.
Leonard Polzin, Dairy Market and Policy Outreach Specialist, UW-Madison Extension

10:15 am   Break

10:30 am Grain Outlook
Dr. Brenda Boetel, Extension Agriculture Marketing Specialist, UW-River Falls/Extension

11:15am Solar Contract Basics
Kelly Wilfert, J.D. Farm Law Outreach Specialist, UW-Madison, Division of Extension

12:10pm Lunch

1:00 pm    Cattle Outlook (virtual)
Dr. Derrall Peel, Professor and Extension Specialist for Livestock Marketing, Oklahoma State University

1:45 pm    Break

2:00 pm    Business Leadership
Hank Wagner, Wagner Leadership Training

3:00 pm Wrap-up, Evaluation, and safe travel home