Riverside Casino and Golf Resort
3184 Highway 22
Riverside, IA 52327
OR
Livestream - view online at www.hillsbank.com/ag-outlook
Carrie Ebel
Hills Bank
319-358-2272
businessacademy@hillsbank.com
Wednesday, March 1, 2023
Registraton is free of charge and lunch is included for the in-person event.
IN PERSON REGISTRATION IS CLOSED.
LIVESTREAM REGISTRATION ONLY.
VIEW LIVESTEAM AT www.hillsbank.com/ag-outlook the day of the event.
Nate Kauffman, Federal Reserve of Kansas City
Steady Outlook for U.S. Farm Economy Despite ___________.
U.S. agriculture remains well positioned for a relatively strong financial year despite the many risks and challenges surrounding broader economic conditions. Pressures associated with inflation, interest rates, drought, and concerns about an economic slowdown have been top of mind for many producers across the country. In spite of the disruptions, however, the economic outlook for U.S. agriculture still appears steady.
Elaine Kub, Grain Marketing Specialist
Making Tough Decisions in Tense Commodity Markets
How can we stake out some specific intentions for marketing grain and livestock in 2023 before the year has fully taken shape? With meaningful supply-and-demand analysis and authentic insights into behavioral biases, Elaine Kub will outline some possibilities for the commodity markets and how agricultural producers can be primed to make the most of them by thinking ahead and avoiding the pitfalls of the unprepared.
Eric Snodgrass, Nutrien Ag Solutions
High Impact Meteorology - Outlook for 2023
Weather risk in production agriculture is ubiquitous and the successful execution of a crop plan requires accurate weather forecasting and analysis. We plan our operations based on weather averages and our experiences over recent growing seasons, but each year presents a new set of weather challenges. In this talk we will focus on how to use the abundance of weather data to stay ahead of disruptive weather events. We will talk about the limits of predictability for weather events and learn about the resources available to monitor changes in the longer range forecasts. We will review the major lessons from the 2022 growing season and talk about our risk from severe storms - especially high winds, hail events, and tornadoes. We will talk about the big seasonal drivers like El Niņo and La Niņa and discuss the outlook for spring and summer 2023. We will finish with a discussion about the 2022-23 growing season in South America, which competes directly with our corn and soybean crops.
Schedule of Events:
9:30 - 10:00 a.m. Registration
10:00 - 10:45 p.m. Nate Kauffman
10:45 - 11:00 a.m. Break
11:00 - 12:00 p.m. Elaine Kub
12:00 - 12:45 p.m. Lunch
12:45 - 1:45 p.m. Eric Snodgrass
2:00 p.m. Closing
This event is free to all attendees, thanks to our sponsors: