Arizona Chapter 30th Annual Spring AG Forum

30th ANNUAL SPRING AG FORUM
AZ CHAPTER – AMERICAN SOCIETY OF FARM MANAGERS AND RURAL APPRAISERS

Date: February 27, 2026
Venue: Desert Willow Conference Center
 4340 East Cotton Center Boulevard0
Phoenix, AZ 85040

Current Trends in Ag and Real Estate

Speaker Schedule

AM
• 7:30-8:30 Registration and sign-in
• 8:30-9:20 Trends in Central Arizona Real Estate Mike Schwab, Principal and Designated Broker, Land Advisors Organization
• 9:20-10:10 State, Regional and National Economic Outlook Mark Manfredo, Associate Dean, Professor and Director, ASU W.P. Carey Morrison School of Agribusiness
• 10:10-10:20 Break
• 10:20-11:10 Blending Real Estate Data and Technology in Commercial Valuations Benjamin Greenberg, Principal Chief Operations Officer Four Corners Valuations
• 11:10-12:00 Agricultural Land & Industry Panel- Shawn Wood, Moderator Ranches- Paul Grosetta Institutional Investors – Bobby Wuertz Pinal County – Steve Pendleton Southeast Arizona – Doug Littau
• 12:00-1:00 Catered Networking Lunch

PM

• 1:00-1:50 Agricultural to Urban Water Initiative Ben Bryce, Special Advisor to the Director Arizona Department of Water Resources
• 1:50-2:40 Colorado River and Salt River Project: A Current Overview Christa McJunkin, Senior Director, Water Supply System Salt River Project
  • 2:40-2:50 Break
• 2:50-3:40 Transmission Lines and Forest Fire Safety Programs in Rural Arizona Floyd Hardin, Manager Wildfire Mitigation Salt River Project
• 3:40-4:30 Agricultural Land & Industry Panel- Shawn Wood, Moderator Yuma County- Bill Moody Imperial County, CA – Jake Cutler, ARA Citrus & Dates – Jake Cutler, ARA Dairies – Tom Van Hofwegen, ARA Pump Farms – Shawn Wood, ARA