Agriculture Lenders Workshop

For more than 35 years, the Agriculture Lenders Workshop has been a professional development experience for beginning and continuing lenders and other financial professionals in the agricultural industry. This 5 day long virtual workshop provided by Olds College, a leader in virtual and distance learning, will provide each participant a window into today’s agriculture and instruction about how to be an effective farm lender.

Dates: June 5-9, 2023

Length of Workshop: 5 Days

Delivery: Virtual, by Olds College

Tuition:

• Early Bird Special: $895 + GST until Mar 31, 2023
• After Mar 31, 2023 $995

* includes all the sessions and materials required for the workshop. 

Credentials: Non-credit

Workshop Details

This real-time workshop can now be accessed from your location, providing cost effective training without travel costs and the inconvenience of being away. Using the Olds College state of the art technology, participants will have the experience of being in the classroom. Presentations will be live. Farm tours will be virtual, allowing for the “real feel” of being there. Sessions will be archived, making resources available for review again later.

Content Overview:

• Keynote speakers on the industry today, market outlook and succession planning
• Financial statement analysis
• Presentations from industry leaders on production, and key success factors in the cash crop, beef, poultry, dairy and greenhouse enterprises
• Real time interactions with presenters
• Virtual farm tours providing awareness in the most common farm enterprises
• Interactive “How To” sessions dealing with client interviews, farm calls, sales and hard conversations
• Hands on lending experience through Case Study group work featuring a real producer and real lending scenario
• Networking with other ag lenders