National Association of Farm Business Analysis Specialists
National Farm & Ranch Business Management Education Association
North Central Farm Management Extension Committee

First Triennial Conference

June 11 - 14, 2007
Kahler Grand Hotel • Rochester, Minnesota

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9:00A - 3:00P	NFRBMEA Board meeting - Centennial Room
1:00P - 6:00P	Registration Begins - Elizabethan Room
2:00P - 4:00P	NAFBAS Board meeting - Director's Board Room NCFMEC meeting - Viking Room
2:00P - 5:30P	Early Bird Workshops: FINPACK User's Meeting - Windsor 1 - Center For Farm Financial Management Sustainable Ag Workshop - Windsor 3
3:00P - 4:00P	NFRBMEA Past Presidents' meeting - Centennial
4:00P - 5:30P	NAFBAS /NFRBMEA Joint Board meeting - Centennial
6:30P - 8:30P	Joint Opening Social Event - Heritage 1, 2, 3 --sponsored by Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board Evening Entertainment by "Escalade"
8:30P	Adjourn


7:00 AM	Continental Breakfast- Heritage Foyer --sponsored by: Easy Farm Red Wing Software Vertical Solutions MAELC Farm Works 105 Concepts TASC Specialized Data Systems Iowa Farm Bureau Iowa Farm Business Association North Dakota Farmer's Union
8:00 AM	Opening & Introductions - Heritage 1, 2, 3
8:15 AM	Keynote Speaker - Heritage 1, 2, 3 "Globalization & Its Impact on Farm Policy" -- Dr. Robert Thompson
9:00 AM	Producer Panel - Heritage 1, 2, 3 "How Does Globalization Affect Producers?" — moderator: Bob Craven, Center for Farm Financial Mgt. Pete Kappelman, Board Chair, Land O'Lakes Don Buhl, Past President, National Pork Board Gene Hugoson, MN Commissioner of Ag Ron Litterer, First Vice President, Nat. Corn Growers Association
10:15 AM	Break / Vendors - Heritage Foyer --sponsored by AgStar Financial
10:45 AM	"Globalization and Equipment Machinery Sales" - Heritage 1, 2, 3 -- Gerry Salzman, Senior Director of Global Product Marketing, Case IH
NOON	Luncheon - Marriott Ballroom --sponsored by CHS Foundation -- William J. Nelson, Director of Cooperative Development, CHS
1:15 PM	Concurrent Sessions: " Demonstrating Successful Farm Management Education" - Heritage 1, 2, 3; Windsor 1, 2
1:15 PM	NFRBMEA Exchange of Ideas - Windsor 3
2:15 PM	Break / Vendors - Heritage Foyer --sponsored by FCS- Fargo/Moorhead, Mandan, Grand Forks & Minot
2:30 PM	Concurrent Sessions, continued: Heritage 1, 2, 3, Windsor 1, 2, 3
3:30 PM	Break / Vendors - Heritage Foyer -- sponsored by Rabo AgriFinance
3:45 PM	Concurrent Sessions Conclude- Heritage 1, 2, 3, Windsor 1
3:45 PM	NAFBAS Committee meetings - Windsor 1 NFRBMEA Business Meeting - Windsor 3
4:50 PM	Extension Update- National & Regional Activities- Heritage 1 --Damona Doye, Oklahome State University --Janie Hipp, CSREES National Program Leader
6:00 PM	Rochester Honkers Baseball v. the Duluth Huskies --sponsored by CNH Capital (Includes supper at the ballpark)


7:00 AM	Buffet Breakfast - Marriott Ballroom --sponsored by Monsanto -- Stacia Sonderman, Area Marketing Manager, Animal Agriculture Group NFRBMEA New Member Meeting - President's Board Room
8:00 AM	General Session - Heritage 1, 2, 3 "Farm Transition Planning" -- Andy Biebl
9:00 AM	General Session - Heritage 1, 2, 3 -- Dr. Eric Wieben, Director of the Mayo Genomics Research Center
10:00 AM	Break --sponsored by Base 105
10:15 A	Concurrent Workshops Income Tax- §1031- Beyond the Basics- Heritage 1 Workshop Handout -- Gary Hoff, University of Illinois Mayo Workshop- Heritage 2 -- Steve VanNurden, Mayo Clinic Expansion of U.S. Biofuels: Production Economics and Policy- Heritage 3 -- Doug Tiffany, University of Minnesota Carbon Credits- Windsor 1 -- Dale Enerson, North Dakota Farmer's Union -- David Miller, Iowa Farm Bureau Farm Management Spreadsheet Tools- Windsor 3 -- Damona Doye, Oklahome State University -- Barry Ward, The Ohio State University -- Paul Ellinger, University of Illinois -- Gary Schnitkey, University of Illinois
11:10 AM	Concurrent Workshops Income Tax Developments with Implications for Agriculture - Heritage 1 Workshop Handout -- Phil Harris, University of Wisconsin- Madison Farm Financial Standards Council- Windsor 1 -- Ron Swanson, Chair FFSC -- Paul Ellinger, University of Illinois Ethanol impacts on Midwest Agriculture- Heritage 3 -- Dr. Bob Wisner, Iowa State University Finance and Insurance Solutions for Acquiring Equipment - Heritage 2 -- Tim Biewer, Director of Marketing, CNH Capital -- Dean Prokos, National Sales Manager, CNH Capital Farm Management Spreadsheet Tools- Windsor 3 -- Damona Doye, Oklahome State University -- Barry Ward, The Ohio State University -- Paul Ellinger, University of Illinois -- Gary Schnitkey, University of Illinois
NOON	Luncheon - Marriott Ballroom --sponsored by John Deere Foundation
1:00 PM	Tours or recreation : Forage & Grazing-- Dan Miller Farm Energy-- Al-Corn Clean Fuel & Dodge Center Wind Farm Dairy Farm Tour-- Gar-Lin & Shea Dairies Rochester Landscape Tour Mayo Clinic Tour Syngenta Research Facility
5:00 PM	Hospitality Suite - Centennial & Sovreign Lounge
Evening	Open


7:00 AM	Denny Jackson Storytelling Breakfast - Marriott Ballroom --sponsored by Land O'Lakes, Inc.
8:15 AM	General Session - Heritage 1, 2, 3 "Will OPEC Save American Farmers?" -- Dr. Michael Swanson --sponsored by Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
9:00 AM	Panel: "What to do in High Income Years" — moderator: Dr. Michael Swanson Dr. Paul Ellinger, Unversity of Illinois Keith Torgerson, North Dakota School of Science Kevin Lukes, Hog and Crop Producer, Austin, MN Skip Hazel, Senior Business Consultant, AgStar- Rochester
9:45 AM	Break --sponsored by Center for Farm Financial Mgt.
9:45 AM	NAFBAS Business Meeting - Heritage 1
	NFRBMEA Business Meeting - Heritage 2
	NFCMEC Workshop - Heritage 3 “You Can Buy the Farm but Remember I Still Own It” --Dr. Ron Hanson, University of Nebraska
NOON	Adjourn

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