Off-site Tour of Kansas City Fun
Cost: $129  (add-on to your TPS registration)

Join fellow producers for a fun-day filled with touring all the coolest places in Kansas City.  Stops include:  Arrowhead Stadium, Boulevard Brewing and Gates BBQ. Start with an exclusive tour to the home of four-time Super Bowl champions Kansas City Chiefs while walking through the behind the scenes of Arrowhead Stadium. Next enjoy some BBQ at one of KC’s oldest barbeque joints, Gates BBQ, and finish off your day walking through Boulevard Brewing Company including tasting samples and a take home souvenir mug.

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Win in Turbulent Times Pre-Event Workshop

Date:  Monday, February 17, 2025   Time:  10:30am - 4:00 pm
Cost: $189 (add on to your TPS registration)

Facilitated by Mark Faust, Growth Advisor
Pre Conference Workshop Sponsored by:   

Top Producer Summit Workshop: How To Win In Turbulent Times

In today’s challenging economic environment for farmers, consultant and coach Mark Faust sees opportunities for business growth. “With commodity prices being very low at break-even levels or below, how can farmers continue to move forward?” Faust asks. “Strategic thinking and exploring resource management are keys to improving profits and preparing for growth.” He’s facilitating a one-day business strategy bootcamp to kick off the Top Producer Summit. The agenda will cover:
Enhancing leadership, team performance, and bottom-line results

• Identifying what to delegate, eliminate and automate
• Examples of how to cut costs, not people
• Discover where to find and capture improved margins and implement with tools and strategies
• A farmer panel on how to drive performance

“In addition to multiple worksheets and interactive tools, attendees will be able to take away three of their highest profit improving opportunities,” Faust says.
Faust encourages any farm operation to send its management team to this workshop to take their strategic thinking up a level and think around the curveballs of today’s economic challenges. This workshop titled, “How to Win In Turbulent Times,” requires a separate registration which can be added during your Top Producer Summit registration online.

Come pick up your name badge before the PBR reception!

Join us in the famous Kansas City Power & Light District at PBR Sky bar for our opening reception!
Drinks included for all registered attendees. MUST wear your name badge for entrance to the venue and have valid ID to enter. Only those over 21 allowed.
 

Sponsored by:

Margy Eckelkamp, Brand Leader, Top Producer

Speaker:  Byron Reese,Futurist, Technologist and Entrepreneur

Speaking across the globe, Byron brings great enthusiasm and talent for deciphering our common destiny and unlocking business opportunities within it. As a successful entrepreneur and
award-winning futurist, Byron employs his perspective as a historian, futurist, and technologist to illuminate how the technology of today can solve some of our most daunting global
challenges. As a futurist, he understands the unprecedented technological change upon us and explores the dramatic transformation of society it will bring. As a technologist and entrepreneur, he knows how to manage change and inspire innovation, while still meeting the immediate obligations and realities of operating a business.

Moderator: Tyne Morgan; Host, U.S. Farm Report
Panelists: 
Ben Brown, University of Missouri 
Chip Flory, Farm Journal 
Seth Meyer, USDA’s Chief Economist 

Speaker: Chip Flory, Host, AgriTalk

Shaun Haney,RealAgriculture

Moderator: Kelsey Barnes, Farm Journal Foundation

Panelists: 
Ken Nobis, FJF Farmer Ambassador (MI)
Dr. Edwin Price, Texas A&M Professor of Agricultural Economics

Rena Striegel,Transition Point Business Advisors

When things in business may seem like they are at a low point, it’s your chance to make the biggest moves. Rena Striegel of Transition Point Advisors will help outfit you to be bold in your actions during times of uncertainty. It’s time to not put your head in the sane, but rather be ready to take on opportunities.

Paul Neiffer,FarmCPAReport.com

Jim McCormick, co-founder, AgMarket.Net®

Matt Clark, Terrain

Quint Shambaugh,Pinoin

Sam Taylor,Rabo AgriFinance

Jeff Kazin,Agris Academy
Mike Rohlfsen,Agris Academy

Speakers: 

Sarah Montgomery, Research and development
Michael Prescott, VP Sales

Randy Dowdy, Valdosta, Georgia.
David Hula, Renwood Farms | Charles City, VA 
Chad Scebold, Business Development Manager, Total Acre

Speakers: 

TBD

Speakers: 

TBD

Matt Scholz, Ph.D., Senior Project Manager, Sustainable Phosphorus Alliance
Chad Zimmerman, AgriFood Senior Director, BioSTL
Dr. Aaron Waltz, Ph.D., Chief Technology Officer, Ostara

Phosphates play a crucial role in agriculture and are critical for all life. But conventional phosphate fertilizers are very inefficient, and nutrients not utilized by the crop can be lost to soil-tie, runoff and leaching, harming waterways. Most experts put conventional phosphate efficiency below 30% but can be as low as 10%. The industry and the world need a better way to grow crops that feed the world. In this session, you will learn about the problem, what crop buyers and consumers are worried about and what Ostara is doing to bring a real and better solution to phosphate fertilization. Come listen to 3 industry experts explain how you can help fix the phosphate problem. 

Speakers:  Mark Gold, Founder and Lead Strategist 

Nate Kauffman,Kansas City Federal Reserve

Sponsored by

Join us to recognize outstanding producers in the agriculture industry.

Dinner: 6:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Live Awards Banquet - 7:00 - 8:00 p.m.

Shane Thomas, Upstream Ag Insights
Shaun Haney, Real Agriculture
Ken Zuckerberg, Director of Global Research for CHS

Zach Arend,Saddle Their Own Horse™

In his signature keynote, Zach reveals the three critical approaches to become a Resonant Creative Leader™. Zach will share his journey from small town kid to 2x Saddle Bronc Champion and how that has shaped the leadership philosophy he now teaches to his clients. Be prepared to change the way you think about your role as leader. It’s time you put yourself back into a position of influence and impact. It’s going to be a wild ride!

Matt Clark,Terrain

Susan Stroud,No Bull

Join Susan delving into the transformative shifts reshaping the grains and oilseeds markets. Discover actionable strategies to identify emerging trends, mitigate risks, and build a resilient business that can capitalize on future opportunities.

Lance Woodbury,Pinion Global

Rena Striegel,Transition Point Business Advisors

In tough economic times, you may be asking yourself, “Why do a I want to be a farmer?” Rena Striegel of Transition Point Advisors will help next generation producers and multigenerational farms identify the sources of friction in your business and relationships. She will help attendees outline clear outcomes and expectations to alleviate the pressure points.

Jim Halvorsen,CliftonLarsonAllen
Kelly Jackson Hardy,CLA

The ag economy is suffering and growers need to know how to manage their lending relationships, what information to provide and how the bank analyzes your statements. Recently I ran into a client that was being evaluated in a way that didn’t account for some of his equipment trades v. depreciation and it was negatively impacting him. He was sharp enough to know something wasn’t right, but couldn’t get to the source of it. It made him wonder about other farmers that don’t question things.

Moderator: Tricia Beal, CEO Farm Journal Foundation

Panelists: • Sarah Tweeten, Iowa row-crop farmer.
• Olivia Fuller, New York cattle farmer.
• Zane Not Afraid, Montana cattle farmer.
• Kelsey Barnes, FJF Government Affairs Director and young Tennessee farmer

Speaker: Chip Flory, Host, AgriTalk

Mark Brungardt, Strategic Senior Marketing Manager at Fendt

Drew Showalter, Head, Corn Portfolio Strategy, Syngenta
David Schlake, Corn Technical Product Lead, Syngenta

Dr. Karl Wyant, Director of Agronomy, Nutrien 

Moderator - Carson Britz, Sr. Manager Strategic Accounts, Nutrien Ag Solutions
Dr. Sally Flis, Director, Sustainable Ag Programs - Nutrien
Justin McAllister, Regenerative Agriculture Lead, Bunge Inc.
Grower from programs - TBD

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

Panelists:
       Dan Basse, Founder & CEO, AgResource Company
       Drew Lerner, Founder & President, World Weather, Inc.
       Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist, StoneX Group

Sponsored by Taranis, BASF and Nutrien ESN

Eric Snodgrass,Conduit Ag

Mary Kay Thatcher, Senior manager of federal government and industry relations, Syngenta