PLEASE JOIN US IN JANUARY
Join us as we bring together professionals from across the ag industry to discuss big picture items around grain marketing, trade, ag policy, banking and finance. The keynote speaker will be Edward Usset, Grain Marketing Economist for the Center for Farm Financial Management at the University of Minnesota. An ag panel will follow, giving producers the opportunity to ask questions from some of agriculture’s brightest minds. Eddie Connor with RJ O’Brien will emcee the event & will be joined by panel participants from Farm Credit Services, the National Grain and Feed Association, CVA & more! Tuesday January 29th
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Tuesday January 29th | Delta Hotels Riverfront, South Sioux City, NE
9:30 AM Registration 10:00 AM Welcome and Introduction of Guests 10:15 AM Keynote – Ed Usset, University of Minnesota 11:00 AM Commodity Panel Producer Q&A
12:00 PM Lunch Tuesday January 29th | Divots, Norfolk, NE 3:30 PM Registration 4:00 PM Welcome and Introduction of Guests 4:15 PM Keynote – Ed Usset, University of Minnesota 5:00 PM Commodity Panel Producer Q&A
6:00 PM Dinner
Wednesday January 30th | Ramada Inn, Columbus, NE
12:00 PM Lunch Wednesday January 30th | York Country Club, York, NE 2:30 PM Registration 3:00 PM Welcome and Introduction of Guests 3:15 PM Keynote – Ed Usset, University of Minnesota 4:00 PM Commodity Panel Producer Q&A
5:00 PM Dinner
Central Valley Ag is bringing together professionals from across the ag industry to discuss big picture items.
Kelby Vandenberg is a grain merchandiser for CVA. He has worked for CVA since the CVA/UFC merger in September of 2014. Prior to the merger, he began working for UFC in January of 2014. He has been responsible for trading rail corn, wheat, and milo in his time with UFC and CVA. He currently trades corn into the truck ethanol markets for CVA. Kelby is a graduate of Nebraska Wesleyan University where he earned his degree in Business Administration with a minor in Finance in December of 2013.
Brian was born and raised in Bloomington, Illinois on a grain and livestock farm. He earned both a Bachelor and Master’s degree in Agricultural Economics from the University of Illinois. Prior to joining Advance, he worked for a farmer advisory service based in Wisconsin. He currently is an economist responsible for wheat market fundamentals and domestic grain consumption trends assisting in feed grains and soybean analysis. He assists in the preparation of a weekly fundamental review of commodities for clients and brokers. He also writes a weekly summary of fundamental market developments and the importance of implementing disciplined risk management strategies. Brian has also been a featured guest on a number of national media television outlets. These include U.S. Farm Report, Ag Day and This Week in Agribusiness. He has also participated in press briefings at the Chicago Board of Trade and for the Minneapolis Grain Exchange following the release of monthly USDA Supply/Demand reports. Brian also provides periodic market updates for several radio stations and wire service providers and has been interviewed by various newspapers and magazines. He has also been invited to speak twice at the Australia Grain Marketing Conference.
Nick Fitzgerald is a Risk Management Consultant at Advance Trading, Inc. that partners with agribusinesses to identify, manage, and mitigate commodity price risk. He represents a diverse network of domestic and international commercial customers whose businesses span from grain and oilseeds trading, processing, transportation, food, and livestock. He graduated from the University of Illinois with a B.S.in Business Management. Prior to working at ATI, Nick spent time at various locations across the U.S. working for Archer Daniels Midland in their FOB Trucking, Corn Processing, River Terminal, Eastern Rail, and Soybean Processing Divisions. Nick is originally from Downs, IL where he grew up interested in the grain industry learning and listening to his father and family. He spends most of his free time traveling, enjoying the outdoors, and spending time with friends and family.
Tim was a former UNL Extension employee serving North Central and North Eastern Nebraska, he has BS degrees in Agronomy and Animal Science, an MBA in Operations and Finance, and a Ph.D. in Leadership and Management. In 2004, Tim joined the University of Nebraska-Lincoln as a Farm Management Specialist, and has worked for 15 years studying and delivering educational programs focused on the current, and previous USDA Farm Bills. Tim provides economic analysis and education on a variety of farm-based issues to include land management, cash/share land rent, flexible cash leasing, farm policy, and farm economic trends. Tim continues to work with UNL on ag-economic issues and educational program delivery.
Ken Pilsl is a senior grain merchandiser for CVA Coop located in York, NE. Ken’s primary focus at CVA is merchandising yellow corn shuttle trains on the BNSF, UP, and CN railroads. In addition to trading rail corn, Ken also focuses on CVA’s corn hedge and spread accounts. Ken is also CVA’s milo merchandiser. Prior to CVA, Ken was the general manager for CPI Lansing LLC where he managed 2 BNSF shuttle loaders in Fairmont and Red Cloud, NE. The first 20 years of Ken’s career was spent at Bartlett Grain Company in Kansas City, Missouri where he primarily traded export yellow corn trains to Mexico. Ken has an Agribusiness degree from Kansas State University.
Marcus Wilhelm is the Regional Vice President for CoBank’s Omaha banking center and has over 17 years of agricultural sales and credit experience. Marcus leads a team of lenders that provide over $9 billion in credit facilities throughout Nebraska, Iowa and South Dakota to the Grain and Farm Supply sector as well as CoBank’s entire ethanol portfolio. He received his undergraduate degree in Agricultural Economics from the University of Nebraska – Lincoln and was commissioned into the Nebraska Army National Guard in 2003, where he spent over 10 years as a Chinook helicopter pilot and served as the Commander of B Co. 2-135th during a deployment to Afghanistan in 2011-2012. Marcus and his family reside in Syracuse, Nebraska where they are able to continue operating their 5th generation family farm with his brothers.