Purdue Top Farmer Conference

JANUARY 9, 2026

Hybrid Delivery

(In-Person in West Lafayette, IN or Virtually)

Purdue Top Farmer Conference

JANUARY 9, 2026

Hybrid Delivery

(In-Person in West Lafayette, IN or Virtually)

Top Farmer Conference 2026

Overview

Take part in one of the most successful and longest-running management programs geared specifically for farmers — the Purdue Top Farmer Conference, featuring faculty and staff experts from Purdue’s Center for Commercial Agriculture. Surrounded by farm management, farm policy, agricultural finance and marketing experts, and a group of your peers, the conference will stimulate your thinking about agriculture’s future and how you can position your farm to be successful in the years ahead.

Registration for the one-day conference which will be held at Purdue’s Beck Agricultural Center in West Lafayette on Friday, January 9, 2026, is $150. If you can’t attend in-person, you can still join us remotely for one of the best conferences of the winter meeting season. Registered participants will receive an email with a link to join the conference live prior to the start of the conference. Conference video recordings and slide deck presentations will only be available to registered participants. 

 

Thank you to our Conference Sponsor:
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Agenda
Registration

Speakers

Ben Brown

Ben Brown, Senior Research Associate, Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute, University of Missouri

Dan Quinn, Assistant Professor of Agronomy & Extension Corn Specialist

Dan Quinn

Assistant Professor, Corn Specialist, Department of Agronomy, Purdue University

Joana Colussi, Assistant Professor of Agricultural Economics

Joana Colussi

Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics

Michael Langemeier

Michael Langemeier

Director, Center for Commercial Agriculture & Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University

Russell Hillberry

Russell Hillberry

Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University

Shaun Casteel, Ph.D., Professor of Agronomy & Soybean Production, Small Grains Extension Specialist, Purdue University

Shaun Casteel

Professor of Agronomy & Soybean Production, Small Grains Extension Specialist, Purdue University

Trey Malone

Trey Malone, Associate Professor & Boehlje Chair for Managerial Economics in Agribusiness, Purdue University

PROGRAM DATE:

January 9, 2026

8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. EST

 

REGISTRATION FEE:

$150

 

LOCATION:

Hybrid Delivery

In-Person at the Beck Agricultural Center
4550 US-52, West Lafayette, IN

or Virtually
Registered participants will receive a link to join

 

Is this program for you?

For questions about registration and more information about the Conference, contact us at comagctr@purdue.edu or (765) 494-7004.

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