January 9, 2024
RSVP now for the Farm Management Agent Update Training
Plan on joining the Farm Management PFT on Friday, January 19, 2024, at the Kansas State University - Salina Campus for the annual Ag Econ Agent Update training. While we highly encourage agents and others to attend in person, it will also be livestreamed and recorded. For those that will attend in person please use this link to RSVP by January 12th: https://kstate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2n9w3ZUhCsRgFXo
To get the livestream link, please email robinreid@ksu.edu.
Here is the full agenda:
8:30 AM Refreshments and Fellowship
9:00 AM Making the Decision on Farm Commodity Programs – ARC/PLC
This will be a review of ARC/PLC, base acres, program yields and everything agents should know about Farm Bill programs. While the 2018 Farm Bill was extended, it is likely that these programs will not fundamentally change for the next Farm Bill and agents should have background knowledge in them. Producers will also be making another decision between ARC and PLC by March 15th, 2024.
Robin Reid & Jenny Ifft
10:15 AM Break
10:30 AM Natural Resource Conservation Service Programs
The Inflation Reduction Act funding has enhanced opportunities for producers to take advantage of conservation programs. Learn about these programs and what they mean for Kansas producers.
NRCS staff
11:15 PM Hay Inventory Calculator and Making Forage Insurance Decisions
Jenny Ifft
11:45 AM Lunch
12:30 PM Overview of AgManager Resources
Rich Llewelyn
1:00 PM Crop Budget Excel Tool and How to Use It
Gregg Ibendahl
1:30 PM The Biofuels Industry and Impacts on Crop Prices
Gregg Ibendahl/Dan O’Brien
2:00 PM Break
2:15 PM The “Going Rate” for Farm Leases
Luke Byers
3:00 PM Done