Thursday, November 06, 2008

Farm Foundation Forum to examine impact of credit crisis on agriculture and food industries

Lenders representing a variety of agricultural portfolios will be at the Nov. 18 Farm Foundation Forum in Washington to discuss what the current credit crisis may mean to the agriculture and food industries.

Presenters will be Joe Brasher of First State Bank of Sharon, Tenn.; Cornelius Gallagher of Bank of America; Paul Marsh of Prudential Agricultural Investments and Paul Ellinger of the University of Illinois.

The forum will be held from 9 to 11 a.m. at the National Press Club, 529 14th Street NW. Coffee will be available at 8:30 a.m. Please RSVP by noon CST, Friday, Nov. 14, to Mary Thompson, Farm Foundation Director of Communications, mary@farmfoundation.org. There is no charge to participate.

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