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Last Update: 6/5/14

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Saturday, June 7
Pre-Conference Workshop NAFBAS & NFRBMEA New Educator Workshop. Workshop topics include: Farm Financial Analysis, Making Successful Farm Visits, Collecting Year-End Data, Completing Analysis, Interpreting Analysis, and Basic Tax Information.
  —Directed by Bob Rhea, Dwight Raab & Tina Barrett
1:00 PM  Workshop –Parleys
5:00 PM   Adjourn
6:30 PM   Evening Meal Together

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Sunday, June 8

Session Chair: Jay Olsen
8:30 AM – Noon  Pre-Conference Workshop Continues –Parleys
8:00 AM  Mormon Tabernacle Choir National Sunday Morning Broadcast at Historic Tabernacle. Free and open to public--appropriate dress is "nice casual" (Ladies- skirts or slacks). Meet in Hotel Lobby and leave by 8:15.
1:00 PM   NFRBMEA Board Meeting –Red Butte
    Conference Registration Begins –Wasatch Foyer 1
2:00 PM   NAFBAS Board Meeting –Millcreek
4:00 PM   Joint NAFBAS/NFRBMEA Board Meeting –Wasatch 1 & 2
5:00 PM   NFRBMEA Past Presidents' Meeting –Red Butte
7:00 PM   Welcome Reception (Ice Cream Social) –Wasatch 3 & 4
8:00 PM   Downtown Evening Programs (all within easy walking distance)

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Monday, June 9: “Create a Vision”

Session Chair: Al Dustin
7:00 AM   Breakfast at Hotel (families & guests included) –Wasatch 3 & 4
7:10 AM   First-Timers' Meeting –Corner area, Wasatch 3 & 4
7:30 AM   Registration continues –Wasatch Foyer 1
8:00 AM   Welcome –Wasatch 1 & 2
8:15 AM   “Ag in the West and Challenges & Opportunities for Agriculture” –Wasatch 1 & 2
  —Leonard Blackham, Retired Commissioner, Utah Department of Agriculture & Food
9:00 AM   “Consensus Building in Agriculture: Peer Groups to Manage for a Common Goal” –Wasatch 1 & 2
  —Bill Hopkin, Director, Utah Department of Agriculture Grazing Improvement
9:45 AM   BREAK –Wasatch Foyer
10:00 AM   “Matching Resources for Business Sustainability & Diversification” –Wasatch 1 & 2
  —Gregg Simonds, Open Range Consulting
11:00 AM  
NOON  Lunch at Hotel (2015 Conference Promotion) –Wasatch 4
1:00 PM  Technical & Training Breakouts
  
1:00 - 2:00 PM  

Breakout #1

  • New Tax Topics (moderated group discussion) –Millcreek
      —ACA & others
  • “Devices, Methods & Apps to Communicate with Clients⁄Students” –Red Butte
      —Josh Tjosaas, Wolverton, MN & Mike Mastey, Belgrade, MN
  • “Grinding of the Gears: Making the Shift– Education to Consulting” –Wasatch 1 & 2
      —Pat Harrington, retired FBM instructor, Central Arizona College
2:00 - 2:15 PM   Break & Rotate
2:15 - 3:15 PM  

Breakout #2

  • “Year-end Data Collection Tools & Processes” –Millcreek
       —Lauren Omer, Area Extension Specialist, Kentucky FBM
  • “Finding, Writing, Working, Reporting Grants” –Red Butte
       —Kevin Klair, Ext. Economist, Center for Farm Financial Mgt.
  • “Provide the Service– Grow the Business as a Consultant” 
    –Wasatch 1 & 2
       —Jim Kelm, Dairy Business Consulting,retired FBM instructor,
          Riverland Community College
3:15 PM   BREAK –Wasatch Foyer 1 & 2
3:30 PM   NFRBMEA Business Meeting –Millcreek
    NAFBAS Committee Meetings –Red Butte
5:00 PM   Adjourn
6:00 PM   Dinner & Evening On Your Own

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Tuesday, June 10: Tour Day

Session Chair: Kathryn Rawson
7:00 AM   Breakfast at Hotel (everyone) –Wasatch 4
8:15 AM   Load Buses— see below for departure times. Lunch on tours.
   
Tour #1
Load Bus @ 8:30 AM
(8-hr. Tour)		 Tour #2
Load Bus @ 9 AM
(6½-hr. Tour)		 Tour #3
Load Bus @ 9 AM
(5-hr. Tour)
9:30-11:30 AM
Hill Air Force Base
Aerospace Museum		 9:30 AM-12:45 PM
Water Conservation Garden, Central Utah Project
West Jordan		 10:00 AM-12:00 PM
Jordanelle Dam & Hydro Power
Provo River Restoration
Lunch Lunch Lunch
1:30-3:00 PM
Bailey Farms International
Brigham City		 1:30-3:00 PM
Hill Air Force Base
Aerospace Museum		  
Return to Hotel
6:00 PM   Evening on Your Own

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Wednesday, June 11: “Make a Difference” (Speaker Day)

Session Chair: David Gillman
6:00 AM  Vendor Set-up –Wasatch Foyer
7:00 AM  Breakfast at Hotel –Wasatch 4
8:00 AM  “Financial Tools, Vision for Management, Goal Setting, Sustainability”
 –Wasatch 1 & 2
   —Burke Teichert, Ranch & Farm Consulting; Management Contributor to Beef Magazine
9:00 AM  Marketing Panel –Wasatch 1 & 2
  —Moderator: Jed Christenson, UDAF Director of Marketing
9:00 -  9:20 am   Vegetable Growing for Direct Marketing  —Jake Harward
9:20 -  9:40 am  Alfalfa Hay Press & Hay Exporting  —David Condie, Triple C Farms
9:40 - 10:00 am Panel Q & A
10:00 AM  BREAK – Visit with Vendors –Wasatch Foyer
10:30 AM  “Using Management Accounting to Link Financial Performance Analysis & Strategic Thinking” –Wasatch 1 & 2
  — Dick Wittman, Wittman Consulting & Full-time Farmer
NOON  Lunch at Hotel – William Nelson  —CHS (sponsor) –Wasatch 4
1:00 PM  Dick Wittman (continued) –Wasatch 1 & 2
2:30 PM  BREAK – Visit with Vendors –Wasatch Foyer
3:00 - 3:45 PM  Dick Wittman (concludes) –Wasatch 1 & 2
4:00 PM  NAFBAS Business Meeting –Millcreek
   NFRBMEA Business Meeting –Red Butte
   CHS Scholarship Recipients meet with William Nelson –Juniper Boardroom
4:45 PM  Adjourn
6:00 PM   Group Dinner at This is the Place State Park Outdoor Bowery
  —Meal by Cow Camp Catering (Dutch Oven, Beef & BBQ Turkey)
8:00 - 8:30 PM  Trolley Buses Load Back to Hotel

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Thursday, June 12: “Leave a Legacy”

Session Chair: Jay Olsen
7:00 AM  Denny Jackson Storytelling Breakfast (event open to all) –Wasatch 4
8:15 AM   “RME and Farm Business Management Education” –Wasatch 1 & 2
  — J. Shannon Neibergs, Director, Western Center Risk Management Education
9:00 AM  “Agricultural Water: Protecting the Future of Our Nation” –Wasatch 1 & 2
  — Warren Peterson, VP of Farmland Reserve
10:15 AM  “NAAE Partnership in Farmer to Farmer Program in East Africa” –Wasatch 1 & 2
   — Jay Jackman, Executive Director, National Association of Agriculture Educators
10:45 AM   Wrap-Up –Wasatch 1 & 2
11:00 AM  Conference Adjourns
NOON   NFRBMEA Post-Conference Board Meeting –Millcreek

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June 12 - 13 Post-Conference Tour Option:

  • Tour of Deseret Land & Livestock
  • Cost: Approx. $85 per couple, which includes hotel and 2 box lunches. If families participate, box lunches will be $5 for each person in addition to the first two.

Thursday Itinerary:
   Check Out of SLC Radisson Hotel
Drive 45 min. to Park City and spend the afternoon (arrange for carpooling during conference)
Arrive in Evanston, WY Thurs. night (75 min. from Park City)

Friday Itinerary:
8:00 AMLeave Evanston hotel
8:30 AM Arrive at Deseret Land & Livestock's Wasatch Ranch entrance
9:00 AM
    Wasatch Depot Ranch Introduction
  • History
  • Cattle, wildlife, recreation
  • Management (grazing & ecological management, and business
Tour Wasatch, with stops to view range, riparian areas, cattle, mountain & irrigation
Stop at Mountain Lodge for lunch and restroom break
3:00 - 3:30 PM Home Ranch (restroom break)
4:00 PMLeave Ranch (It is a 2-hr. drive to Salt Lake City or 3-hr. drive north to Jackson Hole, WY)

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