Financing Farm Operations: The Importance of Credit and Risk Management

Witnesses:

• Clint Hood — Senior Vice President, Director – Ag & Timber Group, Synovus Bank, Dublin, GA.
• Mandy Minick — Senior Vice President – Stakeholder Relations, Public Affairs and Advocacy Team, AgWest Farm Credit, Rockford, WA.
• Brian Gilbert — Senior Vice President and Ag Banking Manager, Ag Banking, First National Bank in Sioux Falls, Sioux Falls, SD.
• John Russel Wicks — Owner/Operator, Tiber Ridge Organics, Montana Farmers Union/National Farmers Union, Ledger, MT.