Past Meetings
December Webinar: Food & Ag Update from the Illinois Department of Agriculture
WEBINAR
URL link will be provided upon registration.
Please join the Chicago Farmers on December 7th for a discussion on the impact Illinois agriculture has on our state's economy presented by the Illinois Department of Agriculture Director, Jerry Costello II.
November Webinar: International Trade Policy: Past, Present and Future
WEBINAR
URL link will be provided to registrants the day before the webinar.
Please join the Chicago Farmers for a virtual discussion on International Trade Policy: Past, Present and Future, presented by Dr. Russell Hillberry, a Purdue professor and expert on international trade.
October Webinar: Machinery Technology
WEBINAR
URL link will be provided to registrants the day before the webinar.
Please join the Chicago Farmers with a presentation on Machinery Technology, featuring two speakers, Mark Moran, head of John Deere's Intelligent Solutions Group, and Craig Rupp, CEO of Sabanto.
September Webinar: Leasing Trends
WEBINAR
Please save the date for our September webinar where Dr. Gary Schnitkey will discuss leasing trends for 2021.
Virtual Annual Election
Zoom
URL link will be provided to registrants the day before the election.
President Mark Thorndyke calls a Special Meeting to be held virtually on Tuesday, June 9, 2020 at 9:30 am CT. At this meeting, the membership will be presented the 2020-2021 Board Slate for approval and asked to amend membership renewal date.
Webinar | Farming is our Future: How We Must ‘Get Farming Right’ to Avert Future Crises
Webinar
URL link will be provided to registrants the day before the webinar.
Please join the Chicago Farmers for a webinar presentation by John Piotti, President of American Farmland Trust, who will discuss "Farming is our Future: How We Must ‘Get Farming Right’ to Avert Future Crises."
Webinar | Owning Land in the New Normal
Webinar
URL link will be provided to registrants the day before the webinar.
Please join us for a webinar presentation by Randy Dickhut from Farmers National Company, who will discuss "Owning Land in the New Normal."
Webinar | 1031 Like Kind Exchange Delaware Statutory Trust
Webinar
URL link will be provided to registrants the day before the webinar.
Please join us for a webinar presentation on the 1031 Like Kind Exchange Delaware Statutory Trust provided by Inland Real Estate Group and the Chicagoland 1031 Exchange.
March Luncheon | CME Group: The Past, Present and Future of Commodity Futures Markets
Discovery Partners Institute (Formerly The Illini Center)
200 S. Wacker Drive, 4th Floor
Chicago, IL 60606
February Luncheon | Hemp
Discovery Partners Institute (Formerly The Illini Center)
200 S. Wacker Drive, 4th Floor
Chicago, IL 60606
Please join us on February 10th as we welcome Becca Dwyer and Dr. Win Phippen to discuss industrial Hemp.
January Luncheon | Landlord Bootcamp
Discovery Partners Institute (Formerly The Illini Center)
200 S. Wacker Drive, 4th Floor
Chicago, IL 60606
Please join us on January 13th as we welcome Jami Cox, managing partner for AgAware, and Jennifer Filipiak, Executive Director for the Driftless Area Land Conservancy (DALC), who will provide a "Landlord Bootcamp" for the Chicago Farmers.
