8 a.m.: Registration Desk Open
10 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. General Session Welcome
10:15 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Can You Think Outside Your Farm Business? Why You Better Learn How -- Tom Deans, author of "Every Family’s Business"
11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. The New Revenue Safety Net: How Crop Insurance Works with Shallow Risk Protection -- Steven Johnson, Farm Management Specialist, Iowa State University Extension
12:15 p.m. Lunch, Sponsored by Agrigold
12:30 p.m. - 2:25 p.m. Learning Sessions Presented During Lunch
2:45 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. When Farm Booms Become a Bubble -- Brent Gloy, Director, Center for Commercial Agriculture, Purdue University
3:30 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. Staying Ahead of Black Swans: 4 Generations, 1 Solution -- Chris Barron, Carson and Barron Farms
4:15 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. Break in the Exhibit Hall
4:45 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. Think Like a Freak! -- Steven Levitt, University of Chicago economist and author of "Freakonomics" and "SuperFreakonomics"
5:45 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Opening Cocktail Reception
6:00 a.m. - 6:45 a.m. Breakfast
7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. "U.S. Farm Report" Taping
• Moderator: John Phipps, USFR
• Mark Gold, Top Third Ag Marketing
• Gregg Hunt , Archer Financial Services
• Brian Basting, Advance Trading
8:15 a.m. – 9:10 a.m. Breakout Session 1
Leading Your Farm Business in Tough Times
-- Dr. Robert Milligan, Dairy Strategies, LLC
Tax Potholes and Pitfalls
-- Paul Neiffer, CPA and author of "The Farm CPA Blog and Column"
Crop Insurance Changes and Marketing Impacts
-- Jamie Wasemiller, Gulke Group
Bring Your Farm to the Field - Business Technology and Tools
-- Dino Giacomazzi, Tech Talk columnist for Dairy Today Getting Better Together: The Positive
Impact of Peer Advisory Groups
-- Lance Woodbury, Farm Business Mediator/Facilitator
What I Learned by Farming in Africa
-- Wallie Hardie, Farmer, Fairmount, North Dakota
What’s Moving in Markets for 2013
-- Kevin Van Trump, The Van Trump Report
12 Ways To Save Your Family Business
-- Tom Deans, Author of "Every Family’s Business"
9:20 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Breakout Session 2
Leading Your Farm Business in Tough Times
-- Dr. Robert Milligan, Dairy Strategies, LLC
Tax Potholes and Pitfalls
-- Paul Neiffer, CPA and author of "The Farm CPA Blog and Column"
Crop Insurance Changes and Marketing Impacts
-- Jamie Wasemiller, Gulke Group
Bring Your Farm to the Field - Business Technology and Tools
-- Dino Giacomazzi, Tech Talk columnist for Dairy Today
Getting Better Together: The Positive Impact of Peer Advisory Groups
-- Lance Woodbury, Farm Business Mediator/Facilitator
What I Learned by Farming in Africa
-- Wallie Hardie, Farmer, Fairmount, North Dakota
What’s Moving in Markets for 2013
-- Mark Gold, Top Third Ag Marketing
12 Ways To Save Your Family Business
-- Tom Deans, Author of "Every Family’s Business"
10:15 a.m. – 10:55 a.m. Break in Exhibit Hall
10:55 a.m. – 11:50 a.m. Breakout Session 3
Leading Your Farm Business in Tough Times
-- Dr. Robert Milligan, Dairy Strategies, LLC
Tax Potholes and Pitfalls
-- Paul Neiffer, CPA and author of "The Farm CPA Blog and Column"
Fertilizer Supply Trends That May Affect Your Farm
-- Keith Swanson, Manager, CHS Hedging Inc.
Bring Your Farm to the Field - Business Technology and Tools
-- Dino Giacomazzi, Tech Talk columnist for Dairy Today
Defending and Growing Your Land Base - Managing Land Costs
-- Brett Oelke, University of Minnesota
What’s Moving in Markets for 2013
-- Dave Fogel, Advance Trading
12 Ways To Save Your Family Business
-- Tom Deans, Author of "Every Family’s Business"
12:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. Lunch with Motivational Speaker Captain Larry Brudnicki, Sponsored by BASF
1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Tradeshow Dessert
2:30 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. Why Farming is Different Than Other Family Businesses -- Wayne Rivers, Family Business Institute
3:15 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. Post Election: What to Watch in Washington in 2013 -- Roger Bernard, Policy Analyst, Informa Economics
4:15 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Panel Discussion: "Did the Drought Change Life As We Know It?"
• Moderator: Chip Flory, Editor, Pro Farmer
• Bill York, CEO, AgriBank, Farm Credit
• Dr. Gary Schnitkey, University of Illinois Economist
• Allen Motew, QT Weather Meteorologist
5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Reception in the Exhibit Hall
7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Top Producer of the Year Banquet
