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89th Annual Soil Management and Land Valuation Conference May 18th, 2016
8:00 a.m. |
Registration |
8:30 a.m. |
What is Your Prediction for Iowa’s Land Values? Dr. Wendong Zhang, Chair, Conference Planning Committee |
8:45 a.m. |
Evaluating Hunting Leases: Implications for Recreational Land Values Tom Steen, the Hunting Lease Network, Farmers National Company |
9:45 a.m. |
Break |
10:00 a.m. |
Panel Discussion on Current and Future Cash Rents in Iowa
Moderator: Dr. Alejandro Plastina, Assistant Professor, Economics, ISU
Panelist: Mike Downey, AFM, Hertz Farm Management
Panelist: Scott Neff, Senior Business Relationship Mgr., Wells Fargo Bank, Marshalltown
Panelist: Jim Knuth, Senior Vice President, Farm Credit Services of America (Please contact Jim Knuth directly at jim.knuth@fcsamerica.com for more information about his presentation) |
11:30 a.m. |
Lunch |
12:30 p.m. |
Excessive Spring Rain will be More Frequent (except this year): Weather Tools to Manage It Dr. Chris Anderson, Assistant Director, Climate Science Group, ISU |
1:15 p.m. |
Soil Fertility Management with Tight Crop Production Margins Dr. John Sawyer, Professor in Agronomy and Extension Soil Fertility Specialist, ISU |
1:45 p.m. |
Cover Crops, Wetlands, and Conservation Drainage: Why We Need to Adopt and How Many Acres Are Needed? Dr. Matt Helmers, Dean’s Professor, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, ISU |
2:45 p.m. |
Break |
3:00 p.m. |
Global Economic Outlook: What Does a Slowing China and a Strong US Dollar Mean for US Agriculture Dr. Nathan Kauffman, Assistant Vice President, Omaha Branch Executive and Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City |
4:15 p.m. |
Iowa Land Values – Your Estimates Dr. Wendong Zhang |
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