Top Producer Summit: Ag Lending in the Future: Is Your Farm in a Smart Position?

How can you be your banker’s best customer? What trends are emerging in ag lending? What financial metrics should you be analyzing?

By Top Producer Magazine

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April 15, 2021 01:12 PM

How can you be your banker’s best customer? What trends are emerging in ag lending? What financial metrics should you be analyzing? Three veteran ag lenders join Top Producer’s Sara Schafer for a lively discussion.

Speakers:

Angie Treptow, Farm Credit Services of America
Alan Hoskins, American Farm Mortgage and Financial Services
Kurt Downs, Rabo AgriFinance

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