30 JANUARY / FEBRUARY 2018 FEATURE Enrollment at the 45th session of the Midwest Agricultural Banking School was 40 students. The students came from six states: 17 from Indiana, 11 from Ohio, five each from Illinois and Michigan, and one each from Kentucky and Utah. The School is co-sponsored by the Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky and Michigan bankers associations; the Ohio Bankers League; and the Department of Agricultural Economics at Purdue University. The school consists of two full days of classroom instruction and, on the third day, students attend the Indiana Bankers Agricultural Clinic. The curriculum provides needed instruction, while minimizing time spent away from the bank. An optional introductory session was provided on the afternoon prior to the start of the school for those students with limited backgrounds in production agriculture. In 2017, 17 attended that session. 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. The curriculum includes the six core modules developed in cooperation with the Kansas and Nebraska bankers associations’ schools of banking; plus sessions on the FSA loan program, the commodity price support program, environmental audits, Midwest Agricultural Banking School 2017 school draws 40 banking professionals Article author Freddie L. Barnard Professor Emeritus of Agricultural Economics Purdue University barnardf@purdue.edu Professor Freddie L. Barnard retired in December from a long and productive tenure with the Purdue University Department of Agricultural Economics. The Indiana Bankers Association thanks the professor for his service to agricultural banking, and wishes him well in retirement. marketing alternatives used by producers, problem loans, land acquisition and rental arrangements, crop insurance and building customer relationships. Faculty members include academicians, bankers and other agricultural professionals. Each instructor is carefully selected, with the selection based on knowledge and presentation skills. Dates for the 2018 school are tentatively set for Nov. 26-29. Information for the 2018 school will be distributed shortly by the IBA. Contact Laurie Rees at 317-387-9380, lrees@indianabankers.org for more information. HB Attendees of the 2017 Midwest Agricultural Banking School gather for a photo. Shown are (row 1, from left) Angela Paxson, Carissa Morgan, April Smekens, Nicole Emenhiser, Nicole Korniak, Kymber Nakaerts, Kristin Flickinger, Jason Wyse and Professor Freddie Barnard; (row 2, from left): Joshua Lotts, Tina Jones, Cheryl McKinley, Justin Vondette and Dave Gerken; (row 3, from left); Terry A. Pugh, Sam Patterson, Jeff Williams, Nick Rauch and Tim Porter; (row 4, from left) John Lublow, Jordan Burkett, Brent Hickman, Matthew Eldridge and Dallas Petefish; (row 5, from left): Drake Babcock, David Bailey, Nathan Masters, Phil McClenathan and Tevis Mott; (row 6, from left): Scott Anderson, Bennett Musselman, Neal Knauf and Eric Potes; (row 7, from left); Brody Beachy, Aaron Bickel, Ray Briner and Gerald Beatty; and (row 8, from left): Jacob Thomas, Ted Bentley and Pat Carey.
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