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ARM AND Q ANCH F I ULLETIN Vol. 24, No. 2 February 1969 T E X A S FARM AND RANCH CR E DI T S C H O O L FOR COMMERCIAL Te xas BANKERS A&M February The 17th Annual Texas Farm and Ranch Credit School for Commercial Bankers will be held at Texas A&M University on February 17-19. “Tell the Story of Agricultural Banking” will be the theme of the 3-day session, which is designed especially for commercial bankers in the State. The program is being sponsored by the Texas Bankers Association in cooperation with Texas A&M University. Outstanding speakers have been lined up for the program. Dr. John Hopkin, noted agricultural finance worker, formerly with the Bank of Amer ica and currently Professor of Agricultural Finance at the University of Illinois, will be the keynote speaker, providing information on the outlook for agricultural finance. Our foreign commitments re garding such commodities as cotton, grain sor ghum, rice, livestock, and poultry will be discussed by Mr. Ray Ioanes, Administrator of the Foreign Agricultural Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Dr. Don Paarlberg, Agricultural Ad visor on Policy and Professor of Agricultural Economics at Purdue University, will deliver the F E D E R A L R E S E R V E DALLAS, University 17-19, 1969 banquet address. Prior to his appointment at Purdue, he was Food for Peace Coordinator and special assistant to President Eisenhower. Dr. Paarlberg served 8 years in Washington, D.C., during the Eisenhower Administration — 5 years in the Department of Agriculture and 3 years on the White House staff. While in the Department of Agriculture, he was first assistant to the Sec retary of Agriculture and was subsequently As sistant Secretary of Agriculture. In addition to these national agricultural lead ers, outstanding Texas bankers will discuss ways to provide service to their customers and will pre sent information concerning profitable agricultural finance programs within their banks. Other speak ers include members of the Department of Agri cultural Economics and Sociology at Texas A&M University. Reservations for the credit school should be made through Tom Prater, Program Chairman. A registration form is included on the back page of this issue of the Farm and Ranch Bulletin. B A N K TEXAS OF D A L L A S PROGRAM Texas A & M University, Memorial Student Center Monday, February 17 8:00 a.m. Registration Presiding — Tommie E. Stuart, Chairman, Agricultural Committee, Texas Bankers Association, and Vice President, The First National Bank, Fort Worth, Texas :00 p.m. Opening Remarks Tyrus R. Timm, Head, Department of Agricultural Economics and Sociology, Texas A&M University 1:15 p.m. Welcome Horace R. Byers, Vice President, Academic, Texas A&M University 1:25 p.m. Crystal Balling Our Future in Agricultural Banking John Hopkin, Professor of Agricultural Finance, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 2:00 p.m. Questions and Answers 2:15 p.m. Events That W ill Shape Our Destiny in Agricultural Banking William E. Black, Economist — Marketing and Policy, Texas Agricultural Extension Service, Texas A&M University 2:45 p.m. Questions and Answers 3:00 p.m. Coffee Break Presiding — Charles Schmucker, Vice President, First Security National Bank, Beaumont, Texas 3:15 p.m. Foreign Commitments in Cotton, Grain Sorghum, Rice, Livestock, Poultry, and Other Crops Raymond A. loanes, Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. 3:55 p.m. Questions and Answers 4:05 p.m. Economics of Livestock O r Cattle Chatter Edward Uvacek, Extension Livestock Marketing Specialist and Assistant Professor, Depart ment of Agricultural Economics and Sociology, Texas A&M University 4:30 p.m. Questions and Answers 4:40 p.m. Adjourn 6:15 p.m. Smorgasbord (Wives are welcome) Toastmaster — Tom E. Prater, Program Chairman, 1969 Farm and Ranch Credit School for Commercial Bankers, and Extension Farm Management Specialist, Texas A&M University Invocation — Kenneth Wolf, Extension Economist — Agribusiness, Texas A&M University Texas A&M Singing Cadets — Director, Robert L. Boone, Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University “The Story of Agricultural Banking” — John Geis, President, Texas Bankers Association, and Senior Vice President, First Security National Bank, Beaumont, Texas “The Challenge of Texas Agriculture” — H. O. Kunkel, Dean, College of Agriculture, Texas A&M University Tuesday, February 18 Presiding — G. E. Roney, Vice President, McAllen State Bank, McAllen, Texas The Banker Serves the Agricultural Customer 8:30 a.m. The Better the Service — the Better the Customer in Agricultural Banking Jimmie P. Taylor, Vice President, The First National Bank, Big Spring, Texas 8:45 a.m. Live Action with Audience Participation Moderator — Reagan V. Brown, General Chairman, 1969 Farm and Ranch Credit School for Commercial Bankers, and Extension Sociologist, Texas A&M University How Are You Serving the Agricultural Customer? Is He Really Important? Make Your Banking Services Live! 9:45 a.m. Coffee Break Presiding — John Jones, Vice President, Commercial National Bank, Brady, Texas 10:00 a.m. Money!! Arthur A. Smith, Economist, First National Bank, Dallas, Texas 10:40 a.m. Questions and Answers 10:55 a.m. The Agricultural Real Estate Loan by Bankers N. P. Taylor, President, Longview Bank and Trust Company, Longview, Texas I 1:35 a.m. Questions and Answers I 1:50 a.m. Lunch Presiding — Frank Kitchens, Jr., Vice President, Citizens First National Bank, Tyler, Texas 1:30 p.m. Don't Just Sit There Bob Murdoch, Executive Director, East Texas Agricultural Council, Tyler, Texas 2:00 p.m. Three Stem-winder Bullwhipper Sessions — (Sections will shift) Instruction, Tom E. Prater Section A — Using the Cash Flow System to Finance Agriculture Joel A. Hodges, Executive Vice President, Hereford State Bank, Hereford, Texas Section B — Estate Planning and Bank Management of Farm and Ranch Land Arthur B. Scharlach, Vice President and Trust Officer, The Fort Worth National Bank, Fort Worth, Texas Section C — New Concepts and Ideas Relating to Agricultural Financing, Contracting Cows, Labor, Machinery, Etc. Leon Thompson, Agriculturist, Citizens National Bank, Waco, Texas 6:00 p.m. Banquet (Wives are welcome) Master of Ceremonies — John E. Hutchison, Associate Dean, College of Agriculture, and Director, Texas Agricultural Extension Service, Texas A&M University Invocation — Charles Baker, Extension Economist in Marketing, Texas A&M University Music — Professor and Mrs. A. M. Sorensen, Texas A&M University Recognition of Awards — Tommie E. Stuart “Bankers Can Be High on the Agricultural Totem Pole” — Don Paarlberg, Agricultural Advisor on Policy and Professor of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana Wednesday Morning, February 19 Committee Meetings REGISTRATION FORM Texas Farm and Ranch Credit School for Commercial Bankers February 17-19, 1969 Name ____________________________________________________________ Title ___________________________________________________________ Bank ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Address ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Desire lodging reservations, Memorial Student Center: Y e s____ N o _____ Desire lodging reservations, motel: Y es____ N o _____ Wife will attend: Y es____ N o _____ Mail to: Mr. Tom E. Prater Farm Management Specialist Texas Agricultural Extension Service Texas A&M University College Station, Texas 77843 The enrollment fee of $20 will be payable upon registration at the credit school.
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