Consider attending the:

 

Arizona ASFMRA’s 29th Annual Spring Ag. Forum
Friday, March 7th, 2025

and/or

Livestock Ranch Seminar – 8 Hours Appraisal CE
Thursday, March 6th, 2025

COMING UP SOON!!

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29th Anniversary
Spring Ag. Forum

Friday, March 7th, 2025
7:30 AM – 4:30 PM

    • $185 Registration Fee
      Includes breakfast, networking breaks, refreshments & lunch
  • All Speakers will appear live and in person
  • Special topics this year include:
    • GPS & the open range
    • Energy demand and data centers
    • Drought/Crop PRF insurance and the farm bill
    • Status of Arizona Water Supplies
  • 7 Hours of Real Estate and Appraisal Credit
    Appraisal hours approved for AZ & CA, NM Pending
    AZ real estate credit approved

 


*** CURRENTLY FULL ***
If still interested, call Bill Moody about the waitlist at:
(928) 580-8233

Livestock Ranch Seminar
8 hours appraisal CE class

Thursday, March 6th, 2025
8:00 AM – 5:00 PM

  • $225 Registration Fee
    Includes breakfast, lunch, snacks
  • Materials will be sent electronically prior to seminar
    Be sure to use your correct email when reigstering
  • 8 Hours of Appraisal Recertification Credit
    Approved for AZ & CA, NM Pending
  • Taught by Lee Smith ARA MAI: Lee is an independent appraiser from Carson City, Nevada. He has been an appraiser since 1971 with experience in agriculture, recreation, urban fringe, water rights, commercial, business, residential and special use properties. He is an American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers and Appraisal Institute course developer and  nstructor.Mr. Smith was a contributor to the 10th, 11th, and 12th Editions of the Appraisal Institute’s The Appraisal of Real Estate, and the 2nd Edition of the Appraisal Institute and American Society of Farm Managers Rural Appraisers’ The Appraisal of Real Property.
  • Seminar objective: to orient the students on how to inspect a livestock ranch, analyze water rights, soils, grazing permits and leases, prepare a land inventory, estimate forage production (carrying capacity) and analyze forage balance. This seminar addresses only ranches whose Highest and Best Use is as a livestock ranch. The students will be exposed to the three approaches to value and different sales analysis methodologies for valuation of ranches.This seminar offers an perspective to appraisers, real estate brokers, lenders and investors of how to analyze and value a livestock ranch.

 

Arizona Chapter Meeting
Social & Dinner/Business Meeting

Thursday, March 6th, 2025
5:30 PM – 8:30 PM

Culinary Dropout
149 S. Farmer Avenue
Tempe, AZ

All Events will be at the
Desert Willow Conference Center
4340 E Cotton Center Blvd, Phoenix, AZ 85040

Click here to register to online instantly

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Register through the mail.
Please download and complete this form and make check payable to:

AZ Chapter of the ASFMRA

and mail to:

Arizona Chapter of the ASFMRA
c/o Bill Moody
224 S. Madiaon Ave.
Yuma, Arizona  85365

Our Sponsors – Thank You!!

Sponsors provide the majority of the funding for annual Ag. Forum. – Thank you


Sponsorship Opportunities are still available – feel free to contact
Shawn Wood at (623) 386-7597 or info@asfmraaz.com.



























Consider becoming a sponsor

Our sponsors are among the leading banks, brokers, appraisers and attorneys
in agricultural real estate across Arizona and the Southwest. 

 

Sponsors provide the majority of the funding for annual Ag. Forum. – Thank you


Sponsorship Opportunities are still available – feel free to contact
Shawn Wood at (623) 386-7597 or info@asfmraaz.com. 

3 Seat Sponsorship Tier

Annual Ag. Forum
$650
  • 3 Seats with CE credit for the annual Ag. Forum
  • Recognition during the Forum by the moderator
  • Customized ad displayed during forum breaks
  • Custom ad printed in our program that's distributed to all attendees
  • Year-round recognition on the Chapter's website

6 Seat Sponsorship Tier

Annual Ag. Forum
$1,200
  • Everything in the 3 Seat Tier, but upgraded to 6 seats
  • Private table near the front of the auditorium with a table placard for your firm.


IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE TO CONTACT EITHER:

- Shawn Wood | (623) 386-7597
- Mark Keller | (602) 236-8164
- Bill Moody | (928) 580-8233
- info@asfmraaz.com


Speaker Schedule
Subject to change at this point

TIME TOPIC SPEAKER
8:30 AM - 9:20 AM Trends in Metro Arizona Real Estate Greg Vogel
Founder & CEO
Land Advisors Organization
9:20 AM - 10:10 AM Economic Outlook:
National, State & Regional 		Tim Richards
Chair of Ag. Business
WPA Carey School of Business
NETWORKING BREAK
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Arizona's Booming Energy Demand
  • Ken Saline - Managing Partner - K.R.Saline & Assoc.
  • Mary Faulk - Director of Integrated System Planning & Support - SRP
  • Brian Cole - Vice President of Resource Managment - APS
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    11:30 am - 12:00 PM Ag. Land & Lease Panel

    • Institutional Investors - Bobby Wuertz
    • SE Arizona - Doug Littau
    • Pinal County - Steve Pendleton
    • Ranches - Steve Pendleton
    NETWORKING - CATERED LUNCH
    1:00 PM - 1:45 PM Powering GPS Technology on the open range Dr. Flavie Audoin
    Dr. Jacob Hennig
    University of Arizona
    1:45 PM - 2:30 PM Arizona Ag. Market Factors Drought, Crop Insurance & the Farm Bill Gary McKenzie
    Owner of F.A.R.M. Inc.
    Tucker Knight
    Agent, F.A.R.M. Inc.
    NETWORKING BREAK
    2:45 PM - 3:30 PM Status of Arizona Water Supplies from a political perspective Stan Barnes
    President of Copper State Consulting Group
    3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Ag. Industry Panel

    • Yuma County - Bill Moody
    • Imperial County - Jake Cutler, ARA
    • Citrus & Dates - Jake Cutler, ARA
    • Dairies - Tom Van Hofwegen, ARA
    • Pump Farms - Shawn T. Wood, ARA
    		 Charlie Havranek
    Moderator