TUSCOLA — As 2020 arrives, the Illinois crop planting season won’t be far behind, and there are plenty of tools and updates to help farmers plan and prepare for a successful season. Upcoming Agribusiness Seminars are scheduled across the state to assist farmers on a variety of topics, including Federal Crop Insurance offerings, navigating the crop insurance claims process should devastation hit your farm, and a market outlook on grain prices for 2020.
The next Agribusiness Seminars will be at:
- 10 a.m., Wednesday, Jan. 29 at the Douglas County Ag Center, 900 S Washington, Tuscola, with registration opening at 9:45 a.m. and lunch at 11:30 a.m.
- 6 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 29 at the Farm Bureau Auditorium, 1905-C U.S. Route 150, Danville.
Guest speakers and topics for both events include Doug Yoder (Crop Agency Manager, COUNTRY Financial) - Crop Insurance Update; and Dr. Gary Schnitkey (Soybean Industry Endowed Chair in Agricultural Strategy, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois) ‐ Farm Bill Update.
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“We are excited to connect with our COUNTRY clients, Farm Bureau members and others interested in information that will help them better plan for the 2020 crop year in Illinois,” said Yoder. “These meetings proved helpful during a rough 2019 and assisted many of our clients to be in better positions to overcome the weather challenges they faced because they better understood the resources available to them. I encourage all Illinois farmers to find the nearest Agribusiness Seminar this winter and plan on attending.”
COUNTRY Financial, Illinois Farm Bureau and other organizations are pleased to team up for these Agribusiness Seminars, and offer dozens of talks throughout Illinois to better equip farmers and growers with the knowledge they need to make informed decisions for their operations.
For additional scheduled seminars, visit COUNTRYCrop.com. As new meetings are scheduled, the online calendar will be updated each Friday. Events began in mid-December and continue through February, and possibly early March. If concerns about weather or other event needs arise, attendees may contact the meeting host, listed for each event on the online schedule.
For more information contact meeting hosts Kris Clodfelder (Tuscola location) at 217‐253‐4442 or 217‐253‐4761 or Dave Harby (Danville location) at 217-431-8722.