The Community Foundation of Jackson County and Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service will serve up an economic forecast at the 20th annual Farmers Breakfast.
The event is set for 7:30 a.m. Feb. 1 at Pewter Hall in Brownstown. Doors open at 7 a.m. Admission is free. To attend, call the Community Foundation at 812-523-4483 or email development@cfjacksoncounty.org.
Michael Langmeier of Purdue University returns as the keynote speaker, and Susan Bevers of Lorenzo, Bevers, Braman and Connell will present a brief program about the Foundation’s work and its relationship to estate planning.
Langmeier is a professor and extension economist in the Department of Agricultural Economics and serves as associate director of the Center for Commercial Agriculture.
He joined Purdue University in July 2012. His Extension and research interests include cropping systems, benchmarking, strategic management, cost of production and technical and economic efficiency.
Most of his research has focused on the efficiency of farms and ranches, and crop and livestock enterprise production costs and efficiency. He has also conducted research related to tillage systems, biomass crops and the tradeoff between crop rotation profitability and water quality.
Before arriving at Purdue, Langmeier worked 22 years in the Department of Agricultural Economics at Kansas State University.
Langmeier has conducted workshops and given presentations in Australia, China, Ecuador, Ireland, Germany, New Zealand, Russia, South Africa and Tanzania. He is currently involved in agribenchmark, an international benchmarking group centered in Germany.
He received a bachelor’s degree and master’s degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and his doctorate is from Purdue University. His family operates farms in eastern Nebraska.
Joining the Foundation and Purdue Extension Jackson County as sponsors of the Farmers Breakfast this year are a number of area businesses and service providers involved with the farming community. They include Premier Ag and Rose Acre Farms, which underwrite the cost of the buffet meal, allowing farmers to enjoy the breakfast at no cost.
Other sponsors include The Andersons, Aquatic Control, B&W Agri-Products, Beacon Ag, Beatty Insurance, Blue & Co., Bob Poynter GMC, Brownstown Veterinary Clinic, Darlage Custom Meats, Donaldson Capital Management, Edward Jones, First Financial Bank, German American Bank, Grindlay & Grindlay, Hackman Show Feeds and Dave Hall Crop Insurance.
Also serving as sponsors are the Ivy Tech Foundation, JCBank, Jackson County Co-Op Credit Union, Jackson County Insurance Agency, Jackson County REMC, Jackson County Tire, Kova Farm Supply, Lorenzo, Bevers, Braman and Connell, Montgomery Elsner & Pardieck, Old National Bank, The Peoples Bank, Paul Nay & Associates and Royalty Companies.
Other sponsors are Rumpke of Indiana, Schafstall Inc., Schneck Medical Center, Seymour Animal Hospital, State Bank of Medora, Surface Insurance, Tampico Grain, The Tribune and Wischmeier Trucking.