BEYOND the Harvest 2025
THE NATION’S LEADING AG INDUSTRY CONTINUING EDUCATION EVENT
When:
Monday, December 8 and Tuesday, December 9, 2025
Where:
Attend virtually or in-person at:
The Accounting Innovation Center (Country Club Plaza District in Kansas City)
700 W 47th St, Kansas City, MO 64112
Who should attend:
This event is designed for professionals who serve the agribusiness industry, including:
- CPAs, tax professionals and controllers specializing in serving agribusiness clients or working in-house for large farming operations
- Financial advisors and planners working with agricultural operations
- Ag lenders and consultants looking to deepen their understanding of new policy impacts
- Estate and succession planning professionals navigating generational farm transitions
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Cost:
Early bird discount if paid before November 21: $550.00 (virtual or in-person)
After early bird deadline: $675.00 (virtual or in-person)
What:
The agriculture industry is in the middle of a major transition—one that’s reshaping how farms operate and how their advisors must guide them.
With the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB), farm operations now have access to expanded bonus depreciation, updated pass-through deductions and changes to long-standing USDA programs like Price Loss Coverage (PLC) and Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC). These updates open the door for fresh planning strategies and more tailored guidance.
That’s why we’re gathering for BEYOND the Harvest 2025—two days dedicated to helping accountants and ag-focused advisors adapt, anticipate and lead. This isn’t about sitting through theory-heavy lectures. It’s about getting the practical knowledge and real-world strategies you can put to work the moment you get back to your desk.
Here’s what’s on the table:
- Farm-Specific Tax Provisions – How permanent estate tax exemptions and enhanced depreciation rules affect decision-making for farm clients and how to position those changes as an advantage.
- Policy Impacts on Financial Planning – What $66B in new agricultural investments means for planning, from disaster relief to crop insurance subsidies and how these tools can stabilize operations in unpredictable markets.
- Real-World Applications – Firsthand stories from professionals who’ve helped clients restructure entities, time equipment purchases and manage multi-entity operations for better tax and operational efficiency.
- Technology & Advisory Services – How shifting from reactive compliance work to proactive advisory relationships can change the way you serve clients in a sector that’s always riding the edge of volatility.
Whether you work with a family-owned farm that’s been passed down for generations or a large-scale operation covering tens of thousands of acres, this event will help you move past compliance into true partnership—the kind that lasts through market swings, policy changes and harvest cycles.
Recommended Hotels:
Hilton Kansas City Country Club Plaza (use discount code: #3376267)
Hampton Inn & Suites Kansas City Country Club Plaza (use discount code: #3214435)
Agenda
8:00 AM – 8:45 AM: Registration & Breakfast
8:45 AM – 9:00 AM: Welcome
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM: Trade, Taxes and Tractors: An Overview of the Issues and Legislation Impacting Kansas Farmers and Ranchers
Presented by: Katie Sawyer, State Director for U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D.
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM: Navigating Agribusiness Turnarounds: In-Court & Out-of-Court Strategies
Presented by: Darryl Myers, CIRA, Director, BDO Consulting Group, LLC & Evan Blum, Managing Director, BDO Consulting Group, LLC
11:00 AM – 11:30 AM: Break
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM: Technology in Agriculture
Presented by: Brendan Giesick & Barry Lucas, Adams Brown Technology Specialists
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM: Lunch
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM: Business and Tax Planning for Succession
Presented by: Scott Balestrier, Tax Principal, BDO USA, P.C. & Lindsay Heckman, Tax Managing Director, Private Client Service, BDO USA, P.C.
2:30 PM – 3:00 PM: Break
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM: Agricultural Bankers Panel
Panelists: Adam Wacker, FCS America | David White, Intrust Bank
5:30 PM: Networking reception with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres. Attendees, speakers and sponsors welcome! Sponsored by Xero
7:30 AM – 8:00 AM: Breakfast
8:00 AM – 8:15 AM: Welcome
8:15 AM – 9:45 AM: Farm CPA Report
Presented by: Paul Neiffer, Farm CPA, Speaker, Blogger & Writer
9:45 AM – 10:00 AM: Break
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM: Farm CPA Report
Presented by: Paul Neiffer, Farm CPA, Speaker, Blogger & Writer
11:30 PM – 12:15 PM: Lunch
12:15 PM – 1:45 PM: Agricultural Law & Taxation
Presented by: Roger McEowen, Professor of Agricultural Law and Taxation at Washburn University School of Law
1:45 PM – 2:00 PM: Break
12:15 PM – 1:45 PM: Agricultural Law & Taxation
Presented by: Roger McEowen, Professor of Agricultural Law and Taxation at Washburn University School of Law
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