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2024 Mt. Vernon | Illinois Farm Economic Summit

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Welcome to IFES 2024! The Illinois Farm Economics Summit returns this year to help producers and landowners navigate the latest economic conditions and policy issues impacting Illinois agriculture.2023 brought commodity price rebounds but continued high input costs and tight margins. Now in 2024, the ag economy continues evolving.

Join us at IFES 2024 as farmdoc analyzes factors shaping farm profitability this year through presentations and Q&A on crop budgets, grain markets, farm policy, land values, and more. We look forward to equipping Illinois producers to succeed in the year ahead.

REGISTRATION
- by January 1st is $80 per person
- January 2nd and after is $90 per person

You are registering for the Tuesday, January 9, 2024 IFES event to be held at the DoubleTree Hotel in Mt. Vernon, Illinois.
 
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IFES 2024 Agenda
 
7:45 – Doors Open
8:15 – Introduction and Overview – Todd Gleason
8:20 – Grain Market Outlook – Joe Janzen
8:50 – South America’s Crop Production Under the El Niño Influence – Joana Colussi
9:20 – Enterprise Budgets and Farm Income – Nick Paulson
9:50 – Break
10:10 – Farm Bill Update – Jonathan Coppess
10:40 – Macroeconomic Update – Gerald Mashange
11:10 – Biofuels Markets – Scott Irwin
11:40 – 1:00 Question & Answer / Wrap-Up
12:10 – 1:10 Lunch (Included)