2023 Chippewa Valley Ag Conference

Join us for our third annual Chippewa Valley Ag Conference featuring two sensational keynote addresses and a variety of different breakout sessions featuring strategies specifically designed for our local ag 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.

KEYNOTE ADDRESSES

The conference will kick off with a keynote address from Hank Wagner, who, along with his wife Pam and two children, owns and operates a fifth-generation dairy farm that produces enough milk to provide a glass of milk to more than 150,000 people every day. Hank also is the founder of Wagner Leadership Training and loves to help people understand how leadership impacts every area of our lives.

During our afternoon keynote session, ag commodities expert Shawn Hackett will discuss how weather and other factors are influencing global production and ag prices. A frequent contributor to Barron’s, Futures Magazine, Reuters, Bloomberg, US Farm Report, Ag-TV, Market to Market-IPTV as well as a regular radio show contributor for the likes of Chip Flory - AgriTalk After The Bell, Michell Rook - WNAX and Linda Brekke - The Linda Network, Shawn has dedicated his life to educating Ag industry leaders and farmers about financial risk management, hedging and the utility of indicator-based Ag commodity price forecasting tools. Shawn makes hard-to-understand concepts easily digestible to a wide audience and is the publisher of the Hackett Money Flow Agricultural Report and the Hackett Dairy Report.

BREAKOUT SESSIONS

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

• Know Your Numbers by Cathy Asher of Security Financial Bank

• Corn and Soybean Market Situation and Outlook by Brenda Boetel of UW-River Falls

• Are You a Pro Cattle Feeder? by Jeff Pastoor of Quality Liquid Feeds

• The Time is Right for a Succession Plan by Mykayla Dado, Amy Ebeling and Kelly Wilfert of Ruder Ware

• Solar Energy: How It Can Reduce Energy Costs by Michael Behringer of Olson Solar Energy

• How to Write a Nutrient Management Plan by Mark Denk of Chippewa Valley Technical College

• How Much is Too Much? When Overcrowding is Profitable by Trent Dado and Caleb Burch of GPS Dairy Consulting

• Tax Law Updates Plus Effects on Farm Transition Planning by Jeff Poeschel of Sundstrom & Company

• How Technology is Affecting the Cropping Cycle by Kori Richter of Tractor Central

The conference also includes a networking lunch.

For more detailed information on each session, view the CONFERENCE BROCHURE.

Presented by Security Financial Bank and Chippewa Valley Technical College along with GPS Dairy Consulting, Komro Sales, NAU Insurance, Olson Solar Energy, Quality Liquid Feeds, Ruder Ware LLSC, Sundstrom & Company, Synergy Cooperative and WRDN.