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EVENTS
CENTER ROOMS A & B |
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Key Note Speaker:
Dr. David Kohl,
Professor
Emeritus, Dept. of Agriculture and Applied Economics - Virginia Tech University
--Session One:
Megaforces of Agriculture: Vision 2010
Dr. Kohl will discuss future trends that will impact
the business models and lifestyles of agriculture. Included in his discussion
will be an examination of consumer trends, a global economic walk-about, farm
and rural structure changes along with technology, human resource, and global
economic trends that are needed in any visionary’s strategic plan.
--Session Two:
Financial Benchmarking 202
This producer seminar is designed to assist the producer in
understanding the balance sheet, income statement, and cash flow
based upon Dr. Kohl’s 30 years of experience working with
bankers and being a facilitator of the Farm Financial Standards
Taskforce. He will provide benchmarks of key ratios and
financial performance indicators, personal financial and
investment strategies, and the 72 signs of a business headed
south. This will be an upbeat presentation that takes numbers
and incorporates them with the psychology of financing. |
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11:30-12:00 |
Questions and Answers |
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11:30-1:00 |
LUNCH |
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1:15-2:15
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Groundwater Pumping Issues
in the South Platte River Basin
--Tom Cech, Executive Director, Central Colorado Water
Conservancy District – Greeley, CO
Over the past three years, thousands of groundwater
wells have been shut down in northeastern Colorado. Tom Cech will address this
on-going agricultural crisis and the additional impacts of urban growth and
drought. |
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2:15-3:15
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Pitfalls of Agricultural
Estate Planning
--Dr.
Norm Dalsted, Extension Economist/Farm & Ranch Management – CSU
Pitfalls in proper estate planning may
cost you hundreds of thousands of dollars or the potential to lose the
farmstead. Dr. Dalsted will cover topics relative to agricultural estate
planning like crop issues, drought, wells being shut down or abandoned,
liquidation of livestock, and other related topics. Use this opportunity to
sharpen you skills on estate planning issues. |
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