Photos

Photo 1: Mississippi River, La Crosse, WI

Photo 2: Pre-conference Board Meeting

Photo 3: Pre-conference Board Meeting

Photo 4: NFRBMEA President Ron Dvergsten and Wayne & Deb Pike at the Loggers game Monday night

Photo 5: Fountain along Front Street

Photo 6: La Crosse Center

Photo 1: Tuesday morning breakfast

Photo 2: Tom Anderson and Jennifer Smith (MN) 

Photo 3: Lynn Hoffmann (R) and Dean Ziegler welcome the group.

Photo 4: A. J. Frels, La Crosse CVB.

Photo 5: Getting ready for the Keynote Tuesday morning.

Photo 6: Keynote Speaker Tracy Stock

Photo 7: Keynote presentation: “Creating an Amazing Workplace”

Photo 8: Small-group discussions

Photo 9: Small-group discussions

Photo 10: Small-group discussions

Photo 11: Ron Dvergsten reporting on his group's thoughts

Photo 12: Small group reporting

Photo 13: Small group reporting

Photo 14: Sponsorship Coordinator Denise Reeser introduces our sponsors and vendors

Photo 15: Stacey Davis, BASE

Photo 16: Christy Kauk, EasyFarm Software

Photo 17: Cathy Statz, Ralph K. Morris Foundation

Photo 18: Thomas Olson: “Mediation and Handling the Difficult Conversations”

Photo 19: Maria Slusarek (avatar on screen) and Shawn Frederick: “Chat GPT & Chat Bots”

Photo 20: Cullen Teska: “Medicaid Planning”

Photo 21: Melissa Rekweg, NCAE, spoke to NFRBMEA members during their annual meeting.

Photo 22:  Jeremy Daberkow, NFRBMEA's rep on The Council, gives an update.  

Photo 23: 2023-24 NFRBMEA Board with Melissa Rekeweg, L_R: Jeremy Daberkow, Tina LeBrun, Deron Erickson, Melissa, Denise Reeser, Brad Sirianni, Jeff Schultz (peeking), Ron Dvergsten & Deb Pike.

Photo 24: Ron Dvergsten (R) presents the Distinguished Service Award to Myron Oftedahl (MN).

Photo 25: Deron Erickson (MN) receives a Distinguished Service Award and recognition of his recent service as NFRBMEA's NCAE Rep.

Photo 26: Tina LeBrun (MN) is presented her Distinguished Service Award.

Photo 27: Past President/Editor/Membership Secretary Wayne Pike and Communications Director Deb Pike become NFRBMEA “Honorary Lifetime Members”.

Photo 1: “Let's Look at the Differenct Analysis Platforms”

Photo 2: Kate Sturtewagen, Illinois

Photo 3: Mark Dikeman & Kellen Liebsch, Kansas

Photo 4: Reggie Hostetler, Iowa

Photo 5: Spencer Hruby, Nebraska & Pauline Van Nurden, Minnesota

Photo 6: Farmer Panel: “What Our Members Are Looking for in the Future”

Photo 7: Assistant WI Secretary of Agriculture

Photo 8: Tom Thibodeau: “Positive Power of Servant Leadership”

Photo 9: NFRBMEA Business Meeting, Part 2

Photo 10: Sponsorship Coordinator Denise Reeser gives her report

Photo 11: Conference Planner Lynn Hoffmann reporting on how the week is going.

Photo 12: 2023-24 Board: Jeremy Daberkow, Brad Sirianni, Deron Erickson, Denise Reeser, Jeff Schultz, Deb Pike, Ron Dvergsten and Tina LeBrun

Photo 13: The “La Crosse Queen”

Photo 14: The Mississippi Pizza Cruise was a popular conference activity.

Photo 15: It gave another opportunity for everyone to make new friends or reconnect with ones they'd previously made.

Photo 16: During our cruise we saw a little barge traffic.

Photo 17: “Dinner and a Show”

Photo 18: Passing beneath the Alt I-90 Bridge

Photo 19:  38' Eagle Landmark by Elmer Peterson, Riverside Park

Photo 20: Riverside Park Bandshell

Photo 21: Veterans' memorial in Riverside Park, sculpture by local artist Mike Martino.

Photo 22: Minnesota Bluffs

Photo 23: “A Simpler Time”. Life-size bronze sculpture by local artist Mike Martino.

Photo 24: Beautiful Sunset

Photo 1: Hmmm. Milk cans?

Photo 2: Kwik Trip milk bottling. It was interesting watching the machines create the jugs and fill them.    

Photo 3: Our tour guide explaining how their small bottles are made in the Kwik Trip plant.

Photo 4: Trucks getting washed inside and outside before they hit the road again.

Photo 5: Cargill

Photo 6: Barge waiting to be filled at Cargill.

Photo 7: Most of the tourists were able to stay with the group.

Photo 8: Cargill Tour Bonus: the Blue Angels were practicing for their upcoming airshow in La Crosse ...

Photo 9: ... and they were very loud! What a rush!