20 MARCH / APRIL 2022 AG BANKING Brady Brewer, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Agricultural Economics Purdue University brewer94@purdue.edu The 2021 Midwest Agricultural Banking School was held Nov. 29 through Dec. 2. The school returned to being in person after it was held virtually in 2020 due to the ongoing pandemic. The school was held on the campus of Purdue University. Enrollment for the 49th session of the Midwest Agricultural Banking School was 27 students from Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky. The school is cosponsored by the Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky and Michigan bankers associations; the Ohio Bankers League; and the Department of Agricultural Economics at Purdue University. The school consisted of the three back-to-back days of instruction, with the fourth day being the 2021 Ag 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. The curriculum for the school is designed to help further the education of bankers and others involved in the field of agricultural finance. Class work features the practical aspects of agricultural credit and finance. Topics include environmental audits, the Farm Service Agency loan program, agricultural financial statements and financial analysis, customer relation- Students of the 2021 Midwest Agricultural Banking School gather at Purdue University. Midwest Agricultural Banking School 2021 ship development, land acquisition and rental arrangements, crop insurance, marketing alternatives used by producers, and farm policy. Faculty members include academics, bankers and other agricultural professionals. Each instructor is carefully selected, with the selection based on knowledge and presentation skills. Purdue Agricultural Economist Brady Brewer served as director of the school, and Laurie Rees, vice president-education & training for the Indiana Bankers Association, served as registrar. Dates for the 2022 school are tentatively set for Nov. 28 through Nov. 30, with the Ag Clinic set for Dec. 1 on the campus of Purdue University. Information for the 2022 school will be distributed by the IBA in the fall. Contact Brady Brewer at 765-494-4324, bebrewer@ purdue.edu, or Laurie Rees at 317-387-9380, lrees@ indiana.bank, for more information. HB
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