Farm Policy News Summary
Farm Assets Conference
December 15, 2023
i-Hotel, Champaign, Illinois
8:30am | Doors Open
9:00am | Row Crop Farming in a War Zone
Roman Gorobets, Farmer – Ukraine
9:30am | An Update on Brazilian Crop & Trade Prospects
– Joana Colussi, University of Illinois Global Agribusiness Management
10:00am | Break
10:15am | 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
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