Join us for our first Chippewa Valley Ag Producers Conference!

This full-day event will feature two sensational keynote addresses and 16 different breakout sessions on a variety of topics specifically designed for our local agriculture producers. This conference will provide many different tips, tools and advice for ag producers to help them grow their bottom line in the new year.

The conference will kickoff with a keynote address on The Positive Power of Servant Leadership by Tom Thibodeau of Viterbo University. Carl Babler of Atten Babler Commodities also will provide a lunch keynote on Marketing Your Commodities in a Global Market.

Throughout the day, attendees also will have the opportunity to attend three separate breakout sessions. Topics include:

• Agricultural Credit Risk from a Regulatory Perspective by Jay Branger of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)

• Tools to Mitigate Risk by Gene Grimsley, Marthie Crouzer and Randy Vogt of NAU Country

• Agricultural Lease Agreements by John Leary, Ruder Ware

• Tax Cuts and Jobs Act; What We Know Now by Pat Erickson, CliftonLarsonAllen

• Generating Field Level Return on Investment (ROI) Maps and Using this Tool to Manage Profitability by Mike Christenson of Countryside Cooperative

• Converting from a Dairy to Beef Cattle in Wisconsin by Dr. Amy Radunz of Purina Animal Nutrition

• Doing Something with Price by Chris Atten of Atten Babler Commodities

• Know Your Numbers by Cathy Asher of Security Financial Bank and Mark Denk of Chippewa Valley Technical College (CVTC)

• Dairy Nutrition by Sheldon Betzold and Mike Wachtendonk, Countryside Cooperative

• Debt Protection by Maria Ocrant of Cincinnati Life Insurance Companies

• Estate Planning for Ag Producers 101 by Linda Danielson of Ruder Ware

• A Gateway to Global Markets by Katy Sinnott of WEDC and Mark Rhoda-Reis of WI Dept. of Ag, Trade and Consumer Protection

• Growing Opportunities and Challenges with Industrial Hemp by Jerry Clark of UW-Madison Extension

• Utilizing Dairy Data to Drive Success by Taliah Danzinger of AgSource/Valley Ag Software

• Need Equipment? Exploring the Benefits of Buying vs. Leasing by Representatives from Ag Direct and CNH Capital

• Peer Group Panels facilitated by Mark Denk, CVTC

The conference also includes a networking lunch.

For more detailed information on each session, CLICK HERE to download a conference brochure.

Presented by Chippewa Valley Technical College and Security Financial Bank along with CliftonLarsonAllen, Countryside Cooperative and Ruder Ware.