On February 19th, First Farmers hosted the 18th Annual Agricultural Client Seminar at the Roseburg Event Center. It was a great day! There were over 200 clients and employees in attendance of the event along with four excellent speakers. We were very impressed with the turnout of guests as well as the messages that were presented from our speakers.
The day began with Ken Perkins giving his touching testimony from his recent trip to Laos. His message revealed just how different farming is in different areas of the world. Ken and his team for years have been able to teach farmers in other countries new farming practices to ensure productivity and sustainability. Next, Kevin Elder from the Ohio Department of Agriculture shared some interesting insights about environmental impact mandates and some of the farming practices that will help farmers comply with them.
Scott Beck from Beck's Hybrids spoke about trait genetics and how new products and services offered through Beck's would benefit plant productivity.
The keynote speaker for the event was Max Armstrong, anchor of Farm Progress Broadcast. With much experience as a broadcaster, Max was able to provide the audience with entertainment as well as interesting industry information. He spoke on many topics such as agriculture within schools, the role that agriculture plays in government, as well as sharing some of his own experiences
working in the ag industry.
In addition to FFBT customers from Indiana as well as Illinois, we also had a wide variety of industry professionals that attended the event. Representatives came from Farm State Agency and Extension Offices, State Ag Offices, as well as many ag industry partners. It is exciting to see the variety of people that we have attend the event each year!
