K of C Hall - Defiance, OH

K of C Hall: 111 Elliott Rd, Defiance, OH 43512

Join us, as we partner with The State Bank for our annual Ag update meeting. Come early for a wonderful hot breakfast served by Hill's Catering.

After breakfast, Jason Williamson will give us a crop insurance update and policy changes that you need to know going into the 2024 crop year. He will also give an analysis on ARC and PLC and what makes sense from the team at Williamsons. He'll wrap up his presentation with a live demonstration of DecisionMaxx. This is a software designed by us, for you to use on your operation. How does your bottom line look with today's markets? What if you make a cash sale today? How does that affect your overall operation? Come and find out as Jason demonstrates the "Marketing Playground" tool in DecisionMaxx to answer those exact questions.

Joe Outlaw with Texas A&M will wrap up our morning with his breakdown of the Farm Bill (or lack thereof) for 2024, as well as an overall view the Ag outlook for the upcoming year. See below Joe's Bio:

Joe Outlaw, Ph.D. is a professor and Extension economist in the Department of Agricultural Economics at Texas A&M University. He also serves as the co-director of the Agricultural and Food Policy Center, AFPC, at Texas A&M University. In this role, Outlaw frequently interacts with members of Congress and key agricultural committee staff to provide feedback on the likely consequences of agricultural policy changes. His extension education and applied research activities are focused on assessing the impacts of farm programs, risk management tools, renewable energy, and climate change legislation on U.S. agricultural operations. Outlaw has received numerous awards in excellence for his policy education. In 2015, he received the National Excellence in Extension award from the Extension Committee on Organization and Policy and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, USDA for excellence in leadership, scholarship and innovative programming.