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Beginning
Farmers
Conference Looks to the Future February 6
Posted 1 February
2010
The Beginning Farmer
Network (BFN), an organization made up of Iowa State University
students interested in entering farming, is sponsoring the Beginning
Farmers Conference on Feb. 6, at the Memorial Union, Iowa State
University, Ames. The conference will feature keynote speakers Craig
Lang, Iowa Farm Bureau Association president and Paul Lasley, Iowa
State University Extension sociologist and department chair.
“This year’s conference is very future looking with speakers that will
talk about what’s up and coming in agriculture,” said Dan Gradert, BFN
member and a conference organizer. “The conference will bring people
entering farming -- students and people with only a few years of
farming experience -- together with experienced farmers and agencies
that serve as resources for beginning farmers.”
Three sets of one-hour breakout sessions will cover topics ranging from
value added ag and livestock in the future, to farm succession and
expanding or maintaining farm operations. Session speakers from the
Coalition to Support Iowa’s Farmers, Practical Farmers of Iowa, Iowa
Agriculture Development Authority, Farm Service Agency, Beginning
Farmers Center, Center for Agriculture Law and Taxation, and the Chair
of Iowa Ag Committee are on the agenda.
“The conference sets the stage to network with other individuals who
are at the same stage of farming and those with more experience, and
introduces beginning farmers to people in agencies that they
potentially will work with in the future,” Gradert said.
Online registration is available at here.
Registration
also can be made by calling (515) 294-6222. T registration
fee is $35 prior to Feb. 1; $45 after that date. Registration includes
all conference materials, lunch and networking breaks.
A complete agenda for the conference can be viewed here.
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