Forthcoming presentations
Forthcoming
Properly Documenting and Renewing Agricultural Loans
Matthew Bialick Minnesota Bankers Association
A program for agricultural lenders on loan documentation and renewals, including collateral and legal issues that can affect the bank’s position when a credit becomes troubled.
View the MBA programForthcoming · National conference
Who Really Holds the Risk? Managing Integrator and Concentration Exposure in Agricultural Lending
Matthew Bialick American Bankers Association Agricultural Bankers Conference
Matthew will present at the American Bankers Association’s national Agricultural Bankers Conference, held November 4–6, 2026, in Minneapolis. His session examines how integrators and other contract counterparties can affect a farm borrower’s ability to repay, and how lenders can assess contract duration, counterparty strength and concentration across their portfolios.
View the ABA programRecent presentations
Past program · National CLE
Farm and Agribusiness Lending: Key Loan Terms, Workouts, and Enforcement Strategies
Matthew Bialick and Joseph M. Welch BARBRI–Strafford
A national continuing legal education program on farm and agribusiness loan terms, workouts and enforcement strategies.
View the publisher’s course listingPast program
Chapter 12, Part II: Hot Topics
Matthew Bialick, panelist Minnesota CLE 2025 Bankruptcy Institute
A panel addressing agricultural bankruptcy issues, including agricultural security interests and whether grain bins are fixtures. The original presentation was October 10, 2025; the organizer’s later online replay was October 30–31.
View the institute agendaPast program
Risk and Loss in a Commercial Real Estate Crisis
Matthew Bialick Minnesota Bankers Association
A banking program addressing commercial real estate portfolio risk, workouts, receiverships and assignments for the benefit of creditors.
View the MBA programPast program
Lending and Workout Issues for Agribusiness Loans
Matthew Bialick Minnesota Bankers Association
A lender-focused session on assessing agribusiness credit, documenting loans and renewals, and addressing troubled relationships through workouts or liquidation.
View the organizer’s program listingPast program · CCO Network
Successfully Navigating SBA Repairs and Guaranty Denials
Matthew Bialick BankIn Minnesota
A presentation for banking professionals on SBA loan-guaranty repairs and denials, including lender practices that may put a guaranty at risk.
View the BankIn Minnesota agendaOrganizer links provide the original program details. They do not necessarily include a publicly available recording.
Media, CLE & recurring programs
Podcast and video
MBA Banking Buzz: Grain Fronting
Matthew Bialick with Joe Witt Minnesota Bankers Association
Matthew joined Joe Witt on MBA Banking Buzz to discuss grain fronting, its implications for secured agricultural lenders and ways to detect the arrangements. The Minnesota Bankers Association published the episode on April 23, 2024.
National continuing legal education
Understanding Production Agriculture, Mitigating Risk and Handling Distressed Credits
Matthew Bialick Strafford
A national continuing legal education program for lenders and their counsel on how production agriculture operates, the risks particular to farm credits and the handling of distressed agricultural loans. Matthew has also served on Strafford faculty for Structuring Farm and Agribusiness Loans: Key Terms, Mitigating Risks, and Role of the Farm Credit System and USDA (August 23, 2023).
View the Strafford farm and agribusiness loans programRecurring program
Successfully Renewing Agricultural Loans
Matthew Bialick Minnesota Bankers Association
A recurring Minnesota Bankers Association presentation on renewing agricultural credits: the documentation, collateral and disclosure issues that surface at renewal, and how to structure a renewal to reduce the lender’s risk.
View the MBA catalogue entry for the recorded renewal programAnnual agricultural conference
Lender Liability Issues for Ag Banks: How Far is Too Far
Matthew Bialick BankIn Minnesota
Presented at BankIn Minnesota’s annual agricultural conference. The session addressed how lender liability becomes a concern whenever a bank takes action to control, or even closely advise on, a borrower’s operation, and where the line lies.
Visit BankIn MinnesotaDates are shown where the organizer’s record supplies them. Recordings, where they exist, are subject to the organizer’s membership and availability rules.
Selected past topics
The following topics and engagements are historical. Older materials may no longer reflect current law or market conditions.
- Managing troubled livestock credits.
- Navigating farmer bankruptcies.
- Servicing and liquidating distressed FSA guaranteed loans.
- Renewing agricultural loans in a troubled economy.
- Protecting a bank’s position in an agricultural downturn.
Past speaking engagements
- Essential Ag Toolbelt for Thriving in a Troubled Economy — Matthew Bialick, Minnesota Bankers Association, November 7, 2018.
- Understanding Garnishments & Levies — Matthew Bialick, Minnesota Bankers Association, November 13, 2018.
These events have concluded. For a broader record of educational work, see Matthew’s presentation archive and Karl’s publications and presentations.
Organizer catalogues
Properly Renewing Ag Loans in a Troubled Economy — Minnesota Bankers Association catalogue. Access to the recording is subject to the organizer’s membership and availability rules.
Farmer Lender Mediation Process — historical Minnesota Bankers Association listing. The organizer currently lists this product as unavailable for purchase.
Materials and speaking inquiries
Contact Matthew Bialick to ask whether materials are available for a particular program or to discuss an educational presentation for a banking audience.