2026 Farm Credit
YBS Conference
Wednesday, October 21 –
Friday, October 23
Boston, Massachusetts
Conference Information
Registration for the 2026 YBS Conference, co-hosted by Farm Credit Council and Farm Credit East, is now open. Conference registration is complimentary for Farm Credit staff. Optional customer site visits will be held on Wednesday. A fee of $100 will be assessed to cover bus transportation and lunch for those participating in the optional tours.
Details
Hotel: Hilton Boston Park Plaza
Hotel Address: 50 Park Plaza Boston, Massachusetts 02116
Hotel Link: Click here to book hotel at group rate.
Farm Credit has secured a block of sleeping rooms at the rate of $319 + taxes, arriving on Wednesday, October 21 and departing on Friday, October 23. The room rate will be offered, based on the hotel’s availability, 1 day before and 2 days after the above dates. The group cut-off date is Tuesday, September 15, 2026.
Schedule
Wednesday, October 21
6 PM Welcome Reception
7 PM Dinner on your own
Thursday, October 22
7 AM Registration
7 AM Breakfast
8 AM Welcome (Christy Seyfert President & CEO, Farm Credit Council)
8:15 AM Opening Remarks (Ashley Randle Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources)
8:30 AM The AI Shift (Vance Crowe Founder, Legacy Interviews)
9:45 AM Coffee Break
10:10 AM AgBizInfo Update
10:45 AM Breakout Session A
Building Loyalty With Entrepreneurs Who Don’t Think Like Their Parents (Meghan Lynch CEO, Six-Point Strategy)
Deeper Dive Into AI and Crypto (Vance Crowe Founder, Legacy Interviews)
11:45 AM Breakout Session B
Supporting Healthy Transitions (Meghan Lynch CEO, Six-Point Strategy)
Supporting Producers Under Stress: Communication, Intervention and Resilience for Farm Lenders (Tara Haskins Total Farmer Health Director, AgriSafe)
12:30 PM Lunch Presentation by (David Haight Vice President of Programs, American Farmland Trust)
1:15 PM Washington, DC Update (Jenny Mesirow EVP Government Affairs, Farm Credit Council)
2 PM Breakout Session C
Larger Association YBS Programs
Smaller Association YBS Programs
2:45 PM Afternoon Break
3:15 PM Producer Panel
4:30 PM Wrap Up
6 PM Group Dinner
Friday, October 23
7 AM Breakfast
8 AM Welcome
8:15 AM FCA Update (tentative)
9 AM Coffee Break
9:20 AM Closing Keynote (Rob Jones Leadership Instructor and Speaker, Echelon Front)
10:50 AM Program Wrap Up (Mike Reynolds CEO, Farm Credit East)
11:30 AM Conference concludes
12 PM Optional customer tours (Open to first 100 registrants. A $100 fee will be assessed to cover bus transportation and lunch.)
Register by september 15, 2026
For programming questions, please contact Anne Thompson.
For technical questions with the registration platform, please email Dallas Kriebel.
