2024 Featured Speakers


2024 Topics and Speakers by Location

All locations will feature…

Keynote Speaker: Carl Zulauf, PhD, Professor Emeriti, The Ohio State University, CFAES, Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics.  Topic: Current Farm Policy and Markets in Strategic Perspective

Additional topics and speaker by location…

Ottawa, OH – October 15, 2024

  • Economic View from the Farmgate: Land, Inputs, Margins & Tax Policy
    • Barry Ward, OSU Extension Leader, Production Business
  • USDA Farm Service Agency – Loan Program Update
    • Kurt Leber, Northwest Ohio FSA, District Director – Farm Loan & Farm Program
  • Ohio’s Aquaculture Industry – An Overview & Meet a Producer
    • Herbert Quintero, PhD, Program Director, Aquaculture Extension, The Ohio State University
    • To be name – Ohio Aquaculture & Aquaponic Producer
  • Grain Market Outlook
    • Seungki Lee, PhD., Assistant Professor, The Ohio State University, CFAES, Dept of AEDE

Wooster, OH – October 17, 2024

  • Carbon Markets
    • Mike Estadt, Assistant Professor & Extension Educator, Ag & Natural Resrouces, The Ohio State University, Pickaway County
  • USDA Farm Service Agency – Loan Program Update
    • Kurt Leber, Northwest Ohio FSA, District Director – Farm Loan & Farm Program
  • Economic View from the Farmgate: Land, Inputs, Margins & Tax Policy
    • Barry Ward, OSU Extension Leader, Production Business
  • Grain Market Outlook
    • Seungki Lee, PhD., Assistant Professor, The Ohio State University, CFAES, Dept of AEDE

Urbana, OH – October 18, 2024

  • Economic View from the Farmgate: Land, Inputs, Margins & Tax Policy
    • Barry Ward, OSU Extension Leader, Production Business
  • Economics of Grain Storage
    • Eric Richer, OSU Extension, Field Specialist, Farm Management
  • Grain Market Outlook
    • Seungki Lee, PhD., Assistant Professor, The Ohio State University, CFAES, Dept of AEDE
  • A.I. Technology Integration in Production Agriculture
    • John Fulton, PhD, Professor, The Ohio State University, CFAES, Department of Food, Agriculture, and Biological Engineering

Washington Court House, OH – October 18, 2024

  • Economic View from the Farmgate: Land, Inputs, Margins & Tax Policy
    • Barry Ward, OSU Extension Leader, Production Business
  • Economics of Grain Storage
    • Eric Richer, OSU Extension, Field Specialist, Farm Management
  • Grain Market Outlook
    • Seungki Lee, PhD., Assistant Professor, The Ohio State University, CFAES, Dept of AEDE
  • A.I. Technology Integration in Production Agriculture
    • John Fulton, PhD, Professor, The Ohio State University, CFAES, Department of Food, Agriculture, and Biological Engineering