Market Outlook Seminar Featuring Naomi Blohm, Total Farm Marketing

Naomi Blohm, Senior Market Advisor, Total Farm Marketing, will be the featured speaker on Thursday, November 13, 2025 at 6:15 p.m. at Lavender Crest Winery, 5401 US Highway 6, Colona.  Dinner will be served, followed by the local grain market update from Tom Parchert of River Valley Cooperative. Reservations are required and must be made by November 6 to guarantee your attendance.

Naomi Blohm is a specialist at helping farmers understand how to manage their cash marketing needs. In addition, she helps them understand the importance of managing basis, delivery point considerations, cash flow needs and storage capacity. She also assists with explaining, implementing, and managing futures and options strategies for clients. 

Naomi earned her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science with a minor in Agriculture Business at the University of Wisconsin in Platteville. She has a Master of Science in Adult Education with an emphasis in Ag Economics, University of Wisconsin, Platteville, and a Master Certificate in Global Education, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh.

Additional dates and speakers for the 2025-2026 series include:

• March 12, 2026 – Darin Newsom, Darin Newsom Analysis
• June 30, 2026 – Kristi Van Ahn-Kjeseth, Van Ahn and Company, Inc.

Cost for the series is $90.00 and a single session is $35.00 (if not pre-registered, cost will be $40.00). To make reservations, please contact the Mercer County Farm Bureau at (309) 582-5116 or email mcfbmanager@gmail.com. 

The Market Outlook Series is sponsored by the Henry, Mercer and Rock Island County Farm Bureau Marketing Committees and the following:  Gold Star FS, COUNTRY Financial, BankORION, Alan Davis - COUNTRY Crop Insurance Specialist, Central Bank, River Valley Cooperative, Wyffels Hybrids, Big River Resources, Hertz Farm Management, State Bank of Toulon, IAA Credit Union, Blackhawk Bank & Trust.