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Nation’s largest agricultural finance conference set for Nov. 16--19

Published Thursday, August 21, 2008 at 05:01 AM

WASHINGTON – Bankers at the American Bankers Association’s annual agricultural bankers conference will find out why Dr. Lowell B. Catllett, one of the few futurists in the world who specializes in agriculture, predicts the industry will change more in the next decade than in the last century.

Held Nov. 16 to Nov. 19 at the Des Moines Marriott Downtown in Des Moines, Iowa, ABA’s National Agricultural Bankers Conference will bring together experts from around the world to help agricultural bankers succeed today and in the future.

For more than five decades, the ABA has held a national forum for agricultural bankers to provide rare access to industry experts, academics and peers who share proven strategies for success in the ever changing world of agricultural banking. The conference will include discussions about trends in the marketplace, business ethics and how to preserve them, predictions about the industry in 2025, and the national economic picture.

More than 40 experts will provide the latest tools for making good loans in the changing world of credit standards and will share information on issues such as immigration policy, margin calls, fertilizer prices, agriculture policy and economic outlook.

Additional conference sessions include:

· What it takes to succeed in the hypercompetitive marketplace;

· Passing the family farm to the next generation;

· Working to support rural America;

· The next generation of biotech crop traits; and,

· What does the election mean to the future of agriculture?

Registration for the conference is $925 for ABA and America’s Community Bankers members and $1,225 for non-members. Special team discounts are available for individuals who are from the same organization and register together.

For more information or to register for the conference, call 1-800-BANKERS or visit www.aba.com.

Note to editors: Complimentary press registration to the conference is available by contacting Margot Mohsberg at (202) 663-5470 or mmohsber@aba.com.

The American Bankers Association brings together banks of all sizes and charters into one association that works to enhance the competitiveness of the nation’s banking industry and strengthen America’s economy and communities. Its members – the majority of which are banks with less than $125 million in assets – represent over 95 percent of the industry’s $13.3 trillion in assets and employ over 2 million men and women.

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