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Farming in the Fast Lane:
Marketing Management and Money

 

Feb. 1-3, 2012

Hilton Chicago Hotel, Chicago, Ill.

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Below is the 2012 Top Producer Seminar agenda. See a PDF of the 2012 Top Producer Seminar event agenda.

 

Click here to view the tentative Tomorrow's Top Producer event agenda.

 

2012 Top Producer Seminar

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

8 a.m.
Registration Opens
 
10 a.m. – 10:15 p.m.
General Session Welcome
-- Steve Custer, Top Producer
-- Jeanne Bernick, Top Producer
 
10:15 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
Global Economics from Israel to Europe - What in the World is Going On?
-- Peter Zeihan, Director of Global Analysis, Stratfor Group
 
11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Panel Discussion: "National Politics and the Farm Bill - What It Means for Business in 2012"
Moderator: Charlene Finck, Editor, Farm Journal                             
Panel: Jim Wiesemeyer, Informa Economics                                  
Michael Dykes, Monsanto Government Affairs                            
Wayne Myers, Kennedy and Coe
 
12:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Lunch & Learn Technical Sessions
 
2:45 - 3:15 p.m.
Leadership Lessons from the Farm Journal Legacy Project
-- Kevin Spafford, Farm Journal Legacy Project
 
3:15 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
  • Panel Discussion: "Why You Need a Peer Advisory Board"
  • Moderator: Danny Klinefelter, Texas A&M Economist                                                         
  • Lance Woodbury, Independent Family Business Consultant             
  • Tim Schaefer, Ag Performance Roundtables (CEOPRA)
  • Les Imboden, Imboden Farms
 
4:15 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.
Break in the Exhibit Hall
 
4:45 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Farming in the Fast Lane - What’s Ahead for Agriculture in 2012
-- Vince Malanga, LaSalle Economics
 
5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Opening Cocktail Reception
 
 

Thursday, February 2, 2012

 
6 a.m. - 6:45 a.m.
Breakfast
 
7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.
Breakfast Session: "U.S. Farm Report" Taping
• Moderator: John Phipps
• Mark Gold, Top Third Marketing
• Gregg Hunt, Archer Financial Services
• Bob Utterback, Utterback Consulting
 
8:15 a.m. – 9:10 a.m.
Breakout Session 1
 
Market Outlook for 2012
--Jerry Gulke, Gulke Group
 
Tools for Trading
--Thomas Grisafi, Indiana Grain Company
 
Tax Savings Tips
--Paul Neiffer, CPA and author of The Farm CPA Blog and Column
 
Negotiating Contracts With Suppliers and Buyers
--Bret Oelke, University of Minnesota
 
What Your Lender Wants to Know about Your Financial Statements
--Peter Martin, Kennedy & Coe
 
Peer Networks and Benchmarking Your Farm
--Danny Klinefelter, Texas A&M University
 
How to Market Around China
--Chip Flory, Pro Farmer
 
9:20 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
Breakout Session 2
 
Tools for Trading
--Thomas Grisafi, Indiana Grain Company
 
Tax Savings Tips
--Paul Neiffer, CPA and author of The Farm CPA Blog and Column
 
Crop Insurance Changes in 2012 and Impacts on Marketing
--Jamie Wasemiller, Gulke Group
 
Negotiating Contracts With Suppliers and Buyers
--Bret Oelke, University of Minnesota
 
Financial Decision Tools That Boost Profitability
--Chris Barron, Carson and Barron Farms
 
How to Market Around China
--Chip Flory, Pro Farmer
 
10:15 a.m. – 10:55 a.m.
Break in Exhibit Hall
 
10:55 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.
Breakout Session 3
 
Who Can You Trust? Lessons from MF Global
--Mark Gold, Top Third Ag Marketing
 
Tax Savings Tips
--Paul Neiffer, CPA and author of The Farm CPA Blog and Column
 
Future Farm Leadership: Core Competencies to be Ready to Manage the Farm
--Darren Frye, Water Street Solutions
 
Crop Insurance Changes in 2012 and Impacts on Marketing
--Jamie Wasemiller, Gulke Group
 
Financial Decision Tools That Boost Profitability
--Chris Barron, Carson and Barron Farms
 
Creative Ideas for Marketing - A Shift in Marketing Tactics
--Bryan Doherty, Stewart-Peterson
 
12:00 p.m. -1:15 p.m.
Lunch with Motivational Speaker - "Moving Beyond Fear"
--Captain Charles Plumb, Former Navy Fighter Pilot and P.O.W.
 
1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Trade Show Dessert
 
2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
View From Wall Street
--Anne Duignan, JP Morgan
 
3:30 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Why Our Infrastructure is at a Breaking Point
-- Jay O'Neil, Kansas State University
 
3:45 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
How Do You Build a Leader?
--Aubrey Daniels, Aubrey Daniels International
 
6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Reception in the Exhibit Hall
 
7:30 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Top Producer of the Year Banquet
 
 

Friday, February 3, 2012

 
7:30 a.m. - 8:15 a.m.
Breakfast
 
8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Panel Discussion: "USDA Reports - What’s Going On Here?"
  • Moderator: Chip Flory
  • Joseph Prusacki, USDA NASS
  • Peter Meyer, Opening Print
  • Dan Cekander, Newedge USA LLC
 
9:30 a.m.
Drawing for Flat Screen (must be present to win)
--Mark Gold, Top Third Marketing
 
9:30 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
Break in Exhibit Hall
 
10:15 a.m. – 11 a.m.
Are You Facing the Realities of the Ag Cycle?
--Sano Shimoda, BioScience Securities
 
11 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
Lessons From TPOY Finalists
Moderator: Jeanne Bernick, Editor, Top Producer
 
Noon a.m.
Adjourn



Click here to view the tentative Tomorrow's Top Producer event agenda. 

 
 
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