Chip Nellinger, Blue Reef Agri-Marketing, will be the featured speaker on Tuesday, July 1 at 6:15 p.m. at Lavender Crest Winery, 5401 US Highway 6 in Colona. Dinner will be served followed by the local grain market update from Tom Parchert of River Valley Cooperative. Reservations are required and must be made by June 24 to guarantee your attendance.

Nellinger is the president and Risk Management consultant of Blue Reef Agri-Marketing. He was raised on a grain and livestock farm in North Central Illinois and graduated from Northern Illinois University with a B.S. in Economics. After graduation, he spent four years on the floor of the Chicago Board of Trade in International Commercial Grain Hedging. Nellinger has spent 28 years as a licensed commodity broker and 20 years as a licensed crop insurance agent. He is a commodity analyst on US Farm Report, Ag Day, RFD-TV, WILL and WNAX radio. A 19-year cancer survivor, Nellinger has three grown sons – Sam, Jake and Chase, and a granddaughter named Kodi.

Cost for the single session is $35 – if not pre-registered cost will be $40. 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.