In-Person Agenda
Name | Time | Name On Badge | Location Name |
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Registration | 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM | In person | |
Welcome | 3:00 PM - 3:10 PM | Sara Schafer, Top Producer | In person |
Business Focus: How to Analyze Opportunities and Threats and Make Smart Decisions | 3:10 PM - 4:00 PM | Mark Faust, Echelon Management | In person |
New Ideas, Insights and Lessons | 4:00 PM - 4:10 PM | Top Producers | In person |
What Trips to 16 Countries Taught Me About Growing the Farm in Uncertain Times | 4:10 PM - 4:45 PM | Archie Griffin, Griffin Farms and 2018 Nuffield Scholar | In person |
Break for Networking | 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | In person | |
Dinner and TPOY, TTP and EWA Awards Ceremony | 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM | In person |
Name | Time | Name On Badge | Location Name |
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Breakfast | 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM | In person | |
New Ideas, Insights and Lessons | 8:30 AM - 8:40 AM | Top Producers | In person |
Outsourcing: Focus on Converting Fixed Costs to Variable | 8:40 AM - 9:30 AM | Peter Martin, K-Coe Isom | In person |
Carbon Markets: Promises, Pitfalls and Preparation | 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM | Steve Cubbage, Record Harvest | In person |
What Should Be My Tax Strategy in 2021? Pick the Farm CPA's Brain | 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | Paul Neiffer, CLA | In person |
BREAK | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | In person | |
Lunch & Keynote Speaker Do Over: Investing in the 4 Things that Every Great Business Needs to Navigate Change | 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM | Jon Acuff, author and leadership expert | In person |
BREAK | 1:30 PM - 2:00 PM | In person | |
Don't Waste Another Minute: Plan and Protect the Future of Your Farm | 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | Rena Striegel, Transition Point Business Advisors & Todd Malecha, Malecha Enterprises | In person |
Alternative Income Streams for the Farm | 3:00 PM - 4:20 PM | Sarah Beth Aubrey, A.C.T. | In person |
New Ideas, Insights and Lessons | 4:20 PM - 4:30 PM | Top Producers | In person |
Grain Marketing Mistakes You Can Avoid | 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM | Joe Vaclavik, Standard Grain with Q&A moderated by Chip Flory | In person |
Networking and Dinner on Your Own | 5:00 PM | In person |
Name | Time | Name On Badge | Location Name |
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Breakfast | 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM | In person | |
Q&A with Top Producers | 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM | In person | |
Why Companies Should Focus on the "B" Players | 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM | Tom Gimbel, Founder & CEO, LaSalle Network | In person |
Adjourn | 10:00 AM | In person |
Online Agenda
Name | Time | Name On Badge | Location Name |
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High-Impact Meteorology - What to Expect in 2021 | 8:30 AM - 9:15 AM | Eric Snodgrass, Nutrien Ag Solutions | Online |
How to Own 2021, Your No-Overwhelm Plan to a Successful Next Year | 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM | Sarah Beth Aubrey, A.C.T. | Online |
CEOs Share Business Tips, Leadership Lessons and More | 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM | Scott Beck, Beck's Hybrids. Ryan Schaefer, Sr Director of Sales, Case IH. Cynthia Erickson, Corteva. | Online |
How to Make 2021 a Leap Year | 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM | John Phipps | Online |
How Much Can Farming Address Climate Change? | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Jon Foley, California Academy of Science & ED Project Drawdown & Amy Skoczlas Cole, Trust In Food | Online |
Name | Time | Name On Badge | Location Name |
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SPONSORED Nutrien Breakfast Session - Learn the ROI of the 4R Nutrient Stewardship | 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM | Alan Blaylock, Nutrien. John Niemeyer, Nutrien. Moderator: Andrew McCrea | Online |
Global Farmer Panel: Travel to 3 Ag-Focused Countries | 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM | Nuffield Scholars | Online |
Meet the Startup Winners of the Row Crop Challenge | 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM | Speakers: Various | Online |
Tax and Legal Strategies for Family Farm Transitions: An Interactive Discussion | 9:30 AM - 10:15 AM | Paul Neiffer, CLA | Online |
What to Know about Carbon Markets | 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM | Laura Sands, K-Coe Isom | Online |
The State of Animal Agriculture | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Dr. Temple Grandin, Colorado State University & Frank Mitloehner, University of California, Davis | Online |
Name | Time | Name On Badge | Location Name |
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Free for All with Chip Flory, Jim Wiesemeyer, Brian Grete and Davis Michaelson | 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM | Chip Flory, Jim Wiesemeyer, Brian Grete and Davis Michaelson | Online |
Economic Outlook from the Federal Reserve Bank | 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM | Esther George | Online |
Live Q&A with USDA's Chief Economist Seth Meyer | 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM | Tyne Morgan, U.S. Farm Report and Seth Meyer, USDA Chief Economist | Online |
Ag Lending in the Future: Is Your Farm in a Smart Position? | 9:30 AM - 10:15 AM | Angie Treptow, Alan Hoskins and Kurt Downs | Online |
U.S. Farm Report: What's Ahead for the 2021 Grain and Livestock Markets? | 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM | Moderator: Tyne Morgan, U.S. Farm ReportPanelists: TBD | Online |
The Future of Diversified Cropping Systems | 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM | Tim Crews, Soil Ecology Program | Online |
Lunchtime Grain Market Chat Sponsored by Main Street Data | 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Moderator: Chip Flory Farmer | Online |
On-Demand Sessions
Off-Farm Heirs and Succession Planning: Too Little? Too Much? Or Just Enough!
Rena Striegel, Transition Point Business Advisors
It can be hard to know HOW to engage off-farm heirs in the conversation about succession. It is critical to find the balance between too little and too much in order to preserve family harmony and to ensure your on-farm and off-farm heirs are prepared to work together in an effective, future focused way. Learn how to start the conversation, clarify expectations (both yours and theirs) and set healthy boundaries for your heirs within your farm’s transition plan.
Toxic Grit: How to Overcome Mental Health Concerns on Your Farm
Shannon Ferrell, Oklahoma State University
The Grain Marketing Behaviors that Breed Success (And the Ones that Don’t)
Angie Setzer, Citizen's Grain
Sponsored by Case IH
Taking a look at marketing habits that help and those that hurt when trying to run a successful farming operation.
The Calm Person in The Boat: Leverage the Power Of Emotional Intelligence
J.P. Pawliw-Fry
Learn brain-based strategies to manage fear and emotions so you can be a source of calm in your organization and help people be their best in the most trying situations.
Disrupting the Farm Input Industry
Sam Taylor, RaboResearch farm inputs and Stephen Nicholson, RaboResearch grains
The top 5 trends that will disrupt the farm input business are: e-commerce, biologicals, indoor farming, seed technology and ag data technology. How will the resulting changes, which are already at play, in the agribusiness landscape affect leading U.S. farmers?
Succession Planning: From 'Grunt' to CEO
Wes Tucker, University of Missouri
Will your farm survive and thrive when you are gone? This session covers the steps necessary to give the next generation the best chance at being successful as they traverse from grunt to CEO and many steps in between. Farm succession is a process, not an event. Take time to ensure it is successful.
How Do You Become More than a Beta Tester for Technology
Grant Norwood, Alex Forsbach, Patrick Henry, Margaret Oldham