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Ag conference examines future.

"Energy in Ag Banking '06" is the theme of ABA's National Agricu[tura[ Bankers Conference, Nov. 12-15, at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas.

The conference's future-focused sessions will explore ethanol and other renewable fuel solutions from agriculture, as well as future agriculture

policy decisions, the outlook for farm and ranch real estate values, avian influenza, the future of the Farm Credit System, and succession planning issues for farmers and ranchers.

Additionally, senior agricultural bankers from the Austratian Bankers Association will discuss changes to their banking system over the past decade.

For more information or to register for the conference, go to aba.com and click on "Conferences/Schools" or call 1-800-BANKERS.

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