Conference Agenda
Last Update: 3/12/24
Saturday, June 11 (Pre-Conference Workshop)
Presented by: Dwight Raab, Tina Barrett & Mark Dikeman
| Event | Location | |
|---|---|---|
| 1:00 PM | Early Career Session #1 for 0-2 Year Participants | Palisades I |
| Early Career Session #1 for 3-5 Year Participants | Palisades III | |
| 5:30 PM | Early Career Dinner | Suggested Evening Entertainment: River Walk ⁄ Phillips Avenue |
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Sunday, June 12
Session Chair:
| Event | Location | |
|---|---|---|
| 8:30 am | Early Career Session #2 for 0-2 Year Participants | Palisades I |
| Early Career Session #2 for 3-5 Year Participants | Palisades III | |
| 11:45 am | Early Career Session #2 concludes |
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| 1:00 PM | Conference Registration Begins | Conference Registration Desk |
| NFRBMEA Board Meeting | BoardRoom | |
| 1:30 PM | Entertainment ⁄ Family DIY Activity Suggestions —Sioux Falls CVB |
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| 2:00 PM | NAFBAS Board Meeting | Cascade |
| 3:30 PM | NFRBMEA Past Presidents' Meeting | BoardRoom |
| 4:00 PM | Joint NAFBAS ⁄ NFRBMEA Board Meeting | Cascade |
| 6:30 PM | Evening Welcome Reception
—sponsored by National Crop Insurance Services —the menu is a mix of snacks and sweets: fresh fruit, cheese & crackers, spinach dip, mini cupcakes, s'mores, cheesecake bites, etc. A cash bar will also be available. |
Starlite Ballroom |
| 7:00 PM | Entertainment: Ag Humorist —Jim Woster, Avera Foundation |
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| 8:00 PM | Adjourn |
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Monday, June 13 (This day sponsored by CHS)
Day Host: Don Nitchie
| Event | Location | |
|---|---|---|
| 7:00 am | Breakfast at Hotel | Pub Terrace |
| First-Timers Breakfast Meeting | Pub Terrace (Reserved Tables) | |
| 7:30 am | Registration Continues | Conference Registration Desk |
| 8:00 am | General Session: “Welcome to the 2016 Conference”
—Will Walter, NFRBMEA & Don Nitchie, NAFBAS |
Falls |
| 8:15 am | “Inflation and Interest Rate Risk: Closer Than You Think”
—Jason Henderson, Associate Dean & Director of Purdue Extension |
Falls |
| 10:00 am | BREAK | |
| 10:30 am | “Ag Update: Is This Farm Downturn Different?” —Jason Henderson, Associate Dean & Director of Purdue Extension |
Falls |
| NOON | Luncheon at Hotel | Falls East |
| 1:00 pm | “A Banker's Perspective of the Current Financial Situation” —Nate Franzen, President– AgriBusiness Development, First Dakota National Bank |
Falls |
| 2:00pm | “AgSite Assessment Tool” —Ray Massey, University of Missouri |
Falls |
| 2:45 pm | BREAK | |
| 3:00 pm | Concurrent Presentations, Round #1 | Palisades I & II, Palisades III, Cascade, Falls |
| 4:00 pm | Concurrent Presentations, Round #2 | Palisades I & II, Palisades III, Cascade, Falls |
| 5:00 pm | Adjourn | |
| 6:00 pm | Evening On Your Own | Suggested activities: Sioux Falls Canaries minor league baseball, downtown sculpture walk |
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Tuesday, June 14
Day Host: Dale Nordquist
| Event | Location | |
|---|---|---|
| 6:00 am | Vendor Set-Up: Vendors will available to visit all day —Wayne Pike, Coordinator |
Lobby near Falls |
| 7:00 am | Breakfast at Hotel | Pub Terrace |
| 8:00 am | “Latest Technology in the Ethanol Industry” —Doug Berven, POET |
Falls |
| 9:00 am | “Legal Issues of Farm Transitions” —Scott Miller, Miller Legal Strategic Planning Centers, P.A. |
Falls |
| 10:00 am | BREAK & VISIT VENDORS —Sponsored by BASE & Farm Financial Standards Council |
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| 10:30 am | “Farm Business Transitions” —Speaker: Heather Gessner, SDSU Extension Panel Discussion to follow with Panelists Scott Miller, Alan Hojer & John Baker Moderator:Jack Davis |
Falls |
| NOON | Luncheon at Hotel —Sponsored by Vertical Solutions | Pub Terrace |
| 12:50 pm | 2017 Conference Planners'Presentation | Falls |
| 1:00 pm | Concurrent Presentations, Round #3 | Palisades I & II, Palisades III, Falls |
| 2:00 pm | Concurrent Presentations, Round #4 | Palisades I & II, Palisades III, Falls |
| NAFBAS State Coordinators' Meeting | Cascade | |
| 3:00 pm | BREAK & VISIT VENDORS —Sponsored by 1st Dakota National Bank & Farm Legacy Group |
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| 3:30 pm | NAFBAS Committee Meetings | Palisades 3 |
| NFRBMEA Business Meeting | Falls | |
| NC Extension Educators' Meeting —John Lawrence, ISU |
Palisades I & II | |
| 5:00 pm | Adjourn | |
| 5:30 pm | Evening Event: Picnic Supper at Falls Park —Sponsored by POET & John Deere Travel by local transit/carpool/shuttle (approx. 30-minute walk) |
Falls Park |
| 8:00 pm | Evening Event Concludes |
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Wednesday, June 15
Day Host: Will Walter
| Event | Location | |
|---|---|---|
| 7:00 am | Breakfast at Hotel for Registrants & Family —Sponsored by the Center for Farm Financial Management |
Starlite Ballroom |
| 8:30 am | Load Buses for Tour 1, Tour 2, Tour 3 or Tour 4 | |
| NCFMC Business Meeting | Palisades I & II | |
| NOON | Lunch During Tours
—Sponsored by Iowa Farm Business & Dacotah Bank |
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| 4:30 pm | Buses Return to Hotel | |
| Evening on Your Own |
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Thursday, June 16
Day Hosts: Alissa Fosdick
| Event | Location | |
|---|---|---|
| 7:00 am | Denny Jackson Storytelling Breakfast —Sponsored by Farm Credit Services of America —Hosted by Ira Beckman, FBM Instructor, South Central College, MN |
Falls East |
| 8:00 am | “Mental Health Awareness in Ag” —Ted Matthews, Director of Rural Mental Health, MN Department of Agriculture |
Falls West |
| 8:45 am | “60 Years of Pioneering, Innovating, Enduring: Raven Industries”
—Andrew Simmons, IT, Raven Corporate Services Jason Wierenga, Account Manager, Raven Applied Technology Joe Beck, Program Manager, Raven Aerostar |
Falls West |
| 9:30 am | “Weather & Climate” —Dr. Dennis Todey, SDSU Climatologist |
Falls West |
| 10:15 am | NAFBAS Business Meeting | Palisades I & II |
| NFRBMEA Business Meeting | Falls West | |
| 11:00 am | Adjourn Conference | |
| NOON | NFRBMEA Post-Conference Board Meeting | BoardRoom |
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