Conference At A Glance

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Thursday, February 9, 2012

5 – 9:00 p.m. Exhibit set-up in Upper Gallery
7:00 – 9:00 p.m. Registration in Upper Gallery

Friday, February 10, 2012

7:00 – 8:00 a.m. Registration in Upper Gallery
8:00 – 8:45 a.m. Breakfast in Redbud Ballroom
8:45 – 10:15 a.m. Keynote in Redbud Ballroom
Ed O’Mally, Kansas Leadership Center
10:15 – 10:45 a.m. Break and Exhibits open in Upper Gallery
11:00 – noon Networking sessions
Ag Partners – Walnut Room
Independent Ag Producers – Osage Room
Ag Helpers – Oak Room
Absentee Landowners – Maple Room
Ag Industry Career Women – Cedar Room
Business Managers – Birch Room
Homefront Hereos – Willow Room
12:10 – 1:30 p.m. Lunch and General Session
Dan Thomson, Animal Welfare
1:45 – 2:45 p.m. Concurrent Breakout Sessions A on:
Energy Contracts – Mike Irvin Walnut Room
Farm Service Agency – Trish Halstead Osage Room
You Can Reduce Your Risk of Heart Disease – Jana Kistler Oak Room
Planning for the Future – Stacy Seibel Maple Room
Sustainable, Organic and Local – Rhonda Janke Cedar Room
3:00 – 4:00 p.m. Concurrent Breakout Sessions B on:
KHP Truck Regulations – Sgt. Pauline Ferguson Walnut Room
Weather Risk – Mary Knapp Osage Room
Getting Organized – Mary Lou Odle Oak Room
Planning for the Future – Stacy Seibel Maple Room
Working Together in Pursuit of Rural Prosperity – Twila L’Ecuyer Cedar Room
4:00 – 4:20 p.m. Break and Exhibits open in Upper Gallery
4:20 – 5:20 p.m. Concurrent Breakout Sessions C on:
Crop Basics – Kevin Dhuyvetter Walnut Room
NRCS – Gaye Benfer and Jeff Gross Osage Room
Health Insurance – Cindy Hermes Oak Room
Agritourism – Linda Craghead Maple Room
Horticulture and High Tunnels – Rebecca McMahan Cedar Room
5:30 – 6:30 p.m. General Session
Dana Peterson, National Association of Wheat Growers
6:30 p.m. Dinner on your own
8:00 - 9:00 p.m. Personal/Self Defense – Upper Gallery

Saturday, February 11, 2012

7:30 – 9:30 a.m. Breakfast – seating by networking groups
General Session:
Cheryl Tevis  “Striking a Balance”
9:30 – 10:00 a.m. Break and view exhibits
10:00 – 11:00 a.m. Concurrent Breakout Sessions D on:
Marketing – Mark Nelson Walnut Room
Wildlife Infestations – Curran Salter Osage Room
Support Systems for YF&R – Katie Sawyer Oak Room
Home-based Businesses – Ross Jordan Maple Room
Water Approps – Lane Letourneau Cedar Room
11:15 – 12:15 p.m. Concurrent Breakout Sessions E on:
Livestock Marketing – Rodney Jones Walnut Room
Finances vs. Family Relationships – Kristy Archuleta Osage Room
Social Media – Tanner Lucas Oak Room
Bloom Where You’re Planted - Cheryl Tevis Maple Room
Mediation – Jeanne Erikson Cedar Room
12:30 am. – 2:00 p.m. Lunch and Closing Session
Cheryl Unruh, Flyover People