SMSU Farm Outlook & Education Seminar Rescheduled for February 18 at SMSU

The 36th annual Farm Outlook & Education Seminar has been rescheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 18 from 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. in the Conference Center Ballroom on the campus of Southwest Minnesota State University. It was originally scheduled for Feb. 12 but was postponed due to a winter storm. The Farm Outlook & Education Seminar is a scholarship fundraiser for students in SMSU’s agriculture programs. Two speakers with broad agriculture backgrounds will highlight the event.

They will share their expertise on a number of ag-related topics, including relieving farm stress; growth, cultivation and marketing of industrial hemp; and analysis of current grain and livestock market conditions. Registration begins at 9:30 a.m., with a welcome and introductions at 10 a.m. Tickets are $75 per person, which includes lunch.

Speakers this year include: Meg Moynihan is the Senior Advisor for the Minnesota Department of Agriculture. From personal experience at her family’s organic dairy farm, she discovered first-hand how stressful life can be as a farmer. In her position as senior advisor, she helps provide resources and coping mechanisms to people struggling with financial, legal, emotional or relationship problems associated with stress.

Jim Emter is the CEO of Van Ahn and Company, Inc., which he started in 2003. The company has been assisting producers with risk management techniques since 1987. Their goal is to help commercial operations, producers and end users establish sound, detailed marketing plans. He’ll talk about marketing, and grain and livestock markets. The Farm Outlook & Education Seminar is sponsored by Ag Plus Cooperative, Buffalo Ridge Concrete, First Independent Bank, Hoffman & Brobst, Northwestern Farm Management Co., and Runnings.

The schedule: 9:30 a.m.: Registration opens

10 a.m.: Welcome and introductions

10:15 a.m.: Meg Moynihan, Senior Advisor, MN Department of Agriculture, "Relieving Farm Stress in Challenging Market Conditions"

11:30 a.m.: Lunch 12:30 p.m.: Jim Emter, Market Analyst, Van Ahn and Company, Inc. "A Four Step Plan to Improving Your Marketing; Analysis of the Grain and Livestock Markets"

2:15 p.m.: Wrap-up and evaluations

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