Ag Lender Seminars are scheduled

   Agricultural lenders will receive useful, research-based information during upcoming Ag Lender Seminars planned in northeast and northwest Iowa.

   The Tri-State Agricultural Lenders Seminar will be held Tuesday, Oct. 29, at the Best Western Plus Hotel, 3100 Dodge St., Dubuque. The event begins with registration at 9:45 a.m. and concludes around 3:15 p.m.

   The Siouxland Agricultural Lenders Seminar will be held Oct. 30, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Dordt Stewardship Center located at 3648 U.S. Highway 75, Sioux Center.

   The seminars will offer current information to assist lenders, consultants and farm financial advisers in their portfolio management, which is especially important in this era of low profits and market variability. Lenders who serve agricultural clients – especially those who work with dairy producers, are encouraged to attend.

   Topics will include insights on farm succession, insights on right to repair legislation, the used machinery market, and market outlooks for livestock, grains and dairy production.

   “Price risk management continues to be the major variable in understanding the ag markets,” said Larry Tranel, dairy specialist with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach.

   “This seminar has proven itself valuable in assisting lenders and farm financial advisers in helping farmers manage risk and understand new technologies clients might invest in.”

   Cost for the seminar is $100 and the pre-registration deadline is Oct. 18. Register with ISU Extension and Outreach Dubuque County, at 563-583-6496 or email kfeltes@iastate.edu or tranel@iastate.edu.

   Registration can also be completed on the Ag Lenders Seminar website, www.extension.iastate.edu/dairyteam/ag-lenders-seminars.