Matt Bennett, co-founder of AgMarket.Net, will be the featured speaker next month at the Farm Bureau’s Market Outlook Seminar.
The event will be on Thursday, Nov. 14, at 6:15 p.m. at Lavender Crest Winery, Colona. Dinner will be served followed by the local grain market update from Tom Parchert of River Valley Cooperative.
Reservations are required and must made by Nov. 7 to guarantee your attendance. To make reservations, call the Henry County Farm Bureau 309-937-2411, Rock Island County Farm Bureau 309-736-7432 or Mercer County Farm Bureau 309-582-5116.
Matt Bennett is a co-founder of AgMarket.Net. He is also a Windsor, Ill., farmer and former grain elevator owner. He is Channel Seed’s grain marketing consultant and holds a Series 3 brokerage license doing business through AgMarket.Net, Farm Division of JSA.
Bennett, a graduate of the University of Illinois, brings the producer perspective to the table, enriched with his extensive grain marketing background. He specializes in formulating risk-management strategies for corn, soybean farmers and livestock producers.
Bennett’s analysis and commentary on the grain markets appears on various TV and radio stations across the Midwest, including “AgDay.” “U.S. Farm Report,” “Market to Market” and “This Week in AgriBusiness.”
Matt and his wife Tiffany live on the family’s centennial farm north of Windsor, where they are raising their five children. He owns and operates a 3,000-acre corn and soybean farm with his father while raising 60 head of registered Angus cows.
Additional dates and speakers for the 2024-2025 Market Outlook Seminar series include:
Cost for the series is $90 and a single session is $35 (if not pre-registered cost will be $40).
The Market Outlook Seminar Series is sponsored by the Henry, Rock Island and Mercer County Farm Bureau Marketing Committees, in conjunction with Gold Star FS, COUNTRY Financial, BankORION, COUNTRY Crop Insurance, Central Bank, Compeer Financial, Big River Resources, River Valley Cooperative, Wyffels Hybrids, Hertz Farm Management and Blackhawk Bank and Trust.
