Feb. 5-7, 2024
Kansas City

2024 Agenda

Monday 2/5/24

All events listed are Central Standard Time.

Time

Room

Session

Speaker

8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

 

Pre-Conference Workshop:
Succession Planning

Find out more!
*Separate Registration Required.

 

3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

City Beautiful Foyer

Registration Open

 

3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

 

Early Bird Table Topics

Join us to get your brain kick-started for the conference with some early-bird table topics!

If you're coming into town on Monday, Feb. 5 and plan to arrive by 3:30pm, join us for this fun hour of rotating table topics before our opening reception begins at 4:30pm.

4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

 

Opening Reception 

 

Tuesday 2/6/24

All events listed are Central Standard Time.

Time

Room

Session

Speaker

7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.

City Beautiful D/E

Breakfast 
Sponsored by Rabo

 

8:00 a.m. – 8:10 a.m.

City Beautiful D/E

Welcome

 

8:10 a.m. – 8:50 a.m.

City Beautiful D/E

Preparing for the Grand Slam

Vanessa O'Brien, Mountaineer & Business Leader

8:50 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

City Beautiful D/E

What’s Ahead for the Farm Economy

Moderator: Tyne Morgan, Host, U.S. Farm Report
Panelists: TBD

9:30 a.m. – 9:50 a.m.

City Beautiful Foyer

Break and Expo Time

 

10:00 am

 

AgriTalk

Chip Flory, Host, AgriTalk

10:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.

 

Breakouts Round 1

 
 

City Beautiful A

What’s Your Farm’s Technical Debt?

Steve Cubbage, Longtitude 94

 

City Beautiful B

Reconsider These Immigration Solutions To Expand Your Farm Team

Rachel Beardsley, Partner, Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP

 

City Beautiful C

Panel Title TBD

Moderator: Mark Faust, Strategy & Growth Advisor, Echelon Management
Panelists: TBD

 

Muse A/B

When Times are Tough

Rena Striegel, Transition Point Business Advisors

 

Mermaid A

Contribution Margin: Why That is More Important Than Net Income

Paul Neiffer

 

Mermaid B

Step into Leadership in Your Farm Operation: The Role you Were Meant to Play

Sarah Beth Aubrey, The Envoy Group

10:55 a.m. – 11:40 a.m.

 

Breakouts Round 2

 
 

City Beautiful A

Breakout TBD

Speaker TBD

 

City Beautiful B

Breakout TBD

Speaker TBD

 

City Beautiful C

Breakout TBD

Speaker TBD

 

Muse A/B

Put Yourself in the Board Room

Rena Striegel, Transition Point Business Advisors

 

Mermaid A

Social Security: A Tax? Or An Investment?

Paul Neiffer

 

Mermaid B

Step into Leadership in Your Farm Operation: The Role you Were Meant to Play

Sarah Beth Aubrey, The Envoy Group

11:40 a.m. - 1:10 p.m.

City Beautiful D/E

Lunch & AgLaunch Showcase New Product Pitches

Additional Information to Come Soon!

 

1:20 p.m. - 2:05 p.m.

 

Sponsored Breakout Sessions - Round 1

 
 

City Beautiful A

Session TBD

Pattern Ag

 

City Beautiful B

Session TBD

Fendt/AGCO

 

City Beautiful C

Bio-LOGICAL? Making Sense of the 'BIO'-buzz Around Plant Health Products
Sponsored by Timac Agro

Christie Apple, Product Development Manager, Timac Agro USA;
Jordan Martin, Business Unit Director, Northeast, Timac Agro USA;
Michael Pisciotta, Director of Agronomy, Southern US, Timac Agro USA

 

Muse A/B

Session TBD

Certis

 

Mermaid A

Session TBD

Tracer Minerals

 

Mermaid B

Session TBD

 

2:05 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

City Beautiful Foyer

Expo Time / Break

 

2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

City Beautiful D/E

Fireside Chat with Howard Buffet

Howard Buffett and Charlene Finck

4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

 

Welcome Reception

 

6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

 

Top Producer Awards Banquet
Dinner 6 - 7 p.m.
Live Awards Broadcast 7 - 8 p.m.

 

Wednesday 2/7/24

All events listed are Central Standard Time.

Time

Room

Session

Speaker

7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.

City Beautiful D/E

Breakfast
U.S. Farm Report Television Taping
 

Host: Tyne Morgan, Host, U.S. Farm Report
Panelists: Dan Basse, AgResource Company; Peter Meyer 

8:45 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

City Beautiful D/E

THINKING INSIDE THE BOX: How tough times fuel true creativity and innovation

Kyle Scheele

9:40 a.m. - 10:25 a.m.

 

Breakouts Round 3

 
 

City Beautiful A

Breakout TBD

Speaker TBD

 

City Beautiful B

Trading Down

Matt Clark, Terrain

 

City Beautiful C

Breakout TBD

Speaker TBD

 

Muse A/B

Planning for Profit in 2024

Shay Foulk, Ag View Solutions

 

Mermaid A

Breakout TBD

Speaker TBD

 

Mermaid B

Breakout TBD

Speaker TBD

10:25 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.

City Beautiful Foyer

Expo Time / Break

 

10:45 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

 

Sponsored Breakout Sessions Round 2

 
 

City Beautiful A

Session TBD

 
 

City Beautiful B

Session TBD

BASF

 

City Beautiful C

Session TBD

FMC

 

Muse A/B

Session TBD

 
 

Mermaid A

Session TBD

Tracer Minerals

 

Mermaid B

Session TBD

NewLeaf

11:30 am - 1:00 pm

City Beautiful D/E

Lunch & Panel: Information Overload-How AI is Making A Sea of Data More Useful
Lunch Sponsored by: Fendt/AGCO

Moderator: TBD

Panelists: Elliot Grant, CEO Mineral, an Alphabet Company;
Jake Joraanstad, CEO of Bushel

1:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

City Beautiful Foyer

Expo Time / Break

 

1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

City Beautiful D/E

High Impact Weather and Production Agriculture

Eric Snodgrass

2:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.

City Beautiful D/E

Education Session

Nate Kaufman, Kansas City Fed

3:15 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

City Beautiful D/E

Policy Update: 2024 and Beyond

Jim Wiesemeyer, Pro Farmer and Farm Journal

5:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

 

Dinner on Your Own

 

7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.

 

Off-Site Reception

Join us for a night of fun at Kansas City's Power & Light District! Your TPS name badge gains you entry with open bar and live music.