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A Primer on Leasing Farmland
Monday, September 8th, 2008
7:00 p.m.
Cook County Farm Bureau
Large Conference Room
Topics to be addressed:
Oral lease verses written.
How does my lease compare with others?
Items to include in a lease.
Dates and timeline addressed in the Illinois Law on farm leases.
What does a landowner need to know about leases?
How do landowners create a win-win lease with the farm?
And plenty of time for questions.
Speaker: Mr. Kevin Brooks, University of Illinois
Extension, Farm Business Management and Marketing Education
Sign up by Thursday, September 4th, 2008
by calling the Cook County Farm Bureau at 708.354.3276.
About the speaker:
Kevin Brooks is the Farm Business
Management and Marketing Educator for University of Illinois Extension
at the Champaign Extension Center.
As an Educator, Brooks is involved in developing online Agricultural
Business programs. He also uses traditional face-to-face approaches,
often in tandem with a mobile computer lab.
Since 2003,Brooks has collaborated with organizations and educational
institutions in the former Soviet Union, with the primary goal being to
seek export markets for Illinois based agribusinesses. Brooks also uses
these experiences to enhance Illinois constituent's abilities to
operation in a global business climate.
Brooks was involved in his family's grain and livestock farm in
southeastern Iowa. Kevin's professional experience includes: Coordinator
of Agriculture Programs at Richland Community College, as well as an
extensive background in agribusiness sales management. His primary focus
in agribusiness involved restructuring unprofitable entities into
profitable and highly competitive units.
Brooks specializes in assisting producers in developing commodity
marketing plans, aiding absentee landowners in understanding their role
in managing the farm, and adapting computer technology use in financial
management.
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