The 2022 Midwest Agricultural Banking School was held at the end of November. Thirty-two students came from Indiana, Illinois, Ohio and Michigan. The school is co-sponsored by the Indiana, Illinois and Michigan bankers associations; the Ohio Bankers League; and the Department of Agricultural Economics at Purdue University.
This was the 50th year this school has been in existence educating students from Indiana and the surrounding states. All previous participants of the school were recognized at a banquet to mark the festivities.
The school consisted of three back-to-back days of instruction, with a fourth day for the 2022 Ag Clinic. The curriculum provides needed instruction while minimizing time spent away from the bank. An optional introductory session was provided on the morning prior to the start of the school.
The curriculum for the school is designed to help further the education of bankers and others involved in the field of agricultural finance. Classwork features the practical aspects of agricultural credit and finance. Curriculum includes environmental audits; FSA loan program; agricultural financial statements and financial analysis; customer relationship development; land acquisition and rental arrangements; land appraisals; crop insurance; marketing alternatives used by producers; special assets; and farm policy.
Faculty members include academics, bankers and other agricultural professionals. Each instructor is carefully selected based on knowledge and presentation skills. I served as director of the 2022 school and Laurie Rees, vice president of education and training for the Indiana Bankers Association, served as registrar.
The 2023 school is tentatively set for Nov. 27-29 with the Ag Clinic set for Thursday, Nov. 30, on the campus of Purdue University. Information for the 2023 school will be distributed by the state banking associations in the early fall. Contact me at (765) 494-4324 and [email protected], or Laurie Rees at (317) 387 9380 and [email protected] for more information about the 2023 Midwest Agricultural Banking School.
We congratulate the graduates of the 2022 Midwest Agricultural Banking School!
