2013 Pork Management Conference Your Pork Industry Investment
LOL Finance Company Dan Glienke CEO June 20, 2012
Who are we…. • Subsidiary of Land O’Lakes, Inc. • Focus on the livestock industry and projects for the benefit of Land O’Lakes and its members. • Lend to swine, cattle, dairy and poultry producers. • Loan funded in 27 states. • Six loan officers: – Iowa (2), Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota.
• 2012 loan approvals 120% increase over 2011.
Loan types Type Swine Cattle
% 57 25
Real Estate
16
Other
2
Lending Perspective Financial Criteria • • • •
Equity to Asset Ratio Current Ratio Repayment Capacity Loan to Value
30% to 50% 1:1 to 1.75:1 110% to 120% 65% to 85%
Criteria based on amount of retained production, marketing and input cost risk.
Lend to successful livestock systems. • Proven production history. • Competitive production costs. • Sound marketing plan. – Margin management.
• Processor relationship.
Margin Risk • “Corn was supposed to go down” • No one can predict where to market is going. Quarter 03/13/2012 07/26/2012 ISU return Variance
2nd 2012 3rd 2012 4th 2012 1st 2013 Average
$23.98 $23.46 $12.84 $12.84 $18.42
$(35.99) $(24.73)
$8.03 $(17.44) $(33.83) $(32.96) $(18.96)
$(15.95) $(40.90) $(47.23) $(45.46) $(37.38)
Loan covenant: Marketing plan with the objective to actively monitor and manage forward margins in an effort to reduce or eliminate the effect of adverse commodity prices.