By: Wm. Bruce Clevenger, Extension Educator, Agriculture and Natural Resources, Defiance County
Ohio State University Extension has scheduled three seminars in Ohio for Agricultural Lenders. The dates are Monday, October 24th at the Putnam County Educational Service Center in Ottawa, Ohio; Wednesday, October 26 at the OSU Extension Champaign County Community Center Auditorium in Urbana, Ohio; and Friday, October 28th at the OARDC Fisher Auditorium in Wooster, Ohio. These seminars are excellent professional development opportunities for Lenders, Farm Service Agency personnel, county Extension Educators and others to learn about OSU Extension research, outreach programs and current agricultural topics of interest across the state.
Featured Speakers at all three 2016 Ag Lender Seminar locations will be:
Matt Roberts, Ph.D., Ohio State University, AEDE, Associate Professor – The Rise & Fall & Rise & Fall of U.S. Grain Prices;
Peggy Hall, J.D., Ohio State University Extension, Field Specialist – Agricultural & Resource Law Update
Barry Ward, OSU Extension, Assistant Professor, Leader Production Business Management – Land Values, Rents, Crop Inputs & Margins in 2017.
Additional topics by location include:
Ottawa, OH
Chris Hurt, Ph.D., Purdue University, Professor – Livestock Market Economics
David Drake, Chief of Ohio FSA Farm Loan Programs
Dean Stoller, WG Dairy Supply: Dairy Tech and its Financial Impact
Urbana, OH
Dianne Shoemaker, OSU Extension Field Specialist – Farm Profitability and Benchmarking
Dale Richer, OSU Extension Swine Program Specialist – Hog Production Update
Amanda Douridas, OSU Extension Educator – Manure Management Technology and Research
Wooster, OH
Matt Kleinhenz, Ph.D., OSU Extension Specialist, Commercial Vegetable Production Update
Dianne Shoemaker, OSU Extension Field Specialist – Dairy Production Economics
Rory Lewandowski, OSU Extension Educator – Manure Management Update
Shelley Odenkirk, Wayne County FSA Office – Farm Service Agency Update
The registration cost to attend one of the Ag Lender Seminars is $65.00 and the registration deadline is one week prior to the seminar you are attending. Payments can be made by check by mail or by credit card (by phone only to 419-782-4771). Registration forms are available online at: https://u.osu.edu/aglenderseminars/
Registration questions can be directed to OSU Extension Defiance County 419-782-4771 or email clevenger.10@osu.edu