The 2020 Virtual Illinois Farm Economics Summit (IFES), organized by the University of Illinois Extension and the Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics will be held in December. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this year the event will be virtual rather than in-person.
IFES is specifically designed for farm operators, lenders, land owners, and other agribusiness professionals.
IFES will consist of 5 webinars each covering an individual topic on December 1, 4, 8, 11, and 15. Each webinar will be from 11:00 a.m. to noon CST. The webinar will be 30 minutes of presentation and 30 minutes of Q&A.
Topics include:
Tuesday, December 1 - 2021 Market Outlook for Corn and Soybeans
Friday, December 4 - 2020 and 2021 Grain Farm Income Outlook with Risk and Rental Implications
Tuesday, December 8 - Farm Program and Crop Insurance Decisions for 2021
Friday, December 11 - Straining the Alphabet Soup: Post-election farm policy outlook after three years of ad hoc farm payments
Tuesday, December 15 - Farmland Markets and Macro Markets
Registration is free and you only need to sign up once for the entire IFES series. More information and registration can be found at the conference website at http://farmdoc.illinois.edu/ifes.
University of Illinois Extension provides outreach education and services from the College of Agriculture, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES) on the Urbana-Champaign campus. The Mission of University of Illinois Extension is to provide practical education you can trust to help people, businesses and communities solve problems, develop skills and build a better future. University of Illinois Extension provides equal opportunities in programs and employment. If you need a reasonable accommodation to participate, please call 815-224-0889.
Extension offices are located in Princeton, Ottawa, Henry and in Oglesby on the IVCC campus.
The Education Center & Community Teaching Kitchen is located in LaSalle. For more information, visit our website at https://extension.illinois.edu/blmp or call University of Illinois Extension – Bureau, LaSalle, Marshall, Putnam Unit at 815-224-0889.
Source: Jill Guynn, County Director