2025 Friday Schedule

Friday Schedule 2025

9:00 - 10:30 am - KEYNOTE: Paul Rasch

Morning
8:00-9:00 Registration open and Trade show
9:00 - 10:30 Welcome and Keynote
10:30 - 11:00 Break and Trade show
11:00 - 11:55 Educational sessions

Lunch
12:00 - 1:30
All attendees break for lunch at the same time with extra time for networking and to visit the trade show and research posters.

Afternoon
1:30 - 5:00 Educational sessions
3:30 - 4:00 Break and Trade Show
5:00 - 6:00 Grower Association Meetings - KS, MO, NE
6:00-8:00 Grower Innovation & Pizza Party all welcome, no reservation needed.

8:00 am - 5:00 pm - Trade Show (Continues throughout the day)
All track sessions are aligned by time this year and last 55 minutes w/ 5 minutes for transition.

TREE Fruit

TRACK DESCRIPTION

11:00 - 11:55 pm

12-1:30pm Lunch, Trade Show and Research Posters

1:30 - 2:25 pm

2:30 - 3:25 pm

3:30 - 4:00 pm Break

4:00 - 5:25 pm

5:00 - 6:00 pm
Growers Association Meeting

Vegetable Production

TRACK DESCRIPTION

11:00 - 11:55 pm

12-1:30pm Lunch, Trade Show and Research Posters

1:30 - 2:25 pm

2:30 - 3:25 pm

3:30 - 4:00 pm Break

4:00 - 5:25 pm

5:00 - 6:00 pm
Growers Association Meeting

Business development and marketing

Track Description

SARE FARMER FORUM

The North Central Region-Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (NCR-SARE) Farmers Forum is a traveling annual event giving farmers, ranchers, researchers, and others the chance to share information about sustainable agriculture practices with a national audience.

PROTECTED CULTURE (TUNNELS)

Learn about specialty crop production techniques and high tunnel management to improve sustainability in the Great Plains region

FOREST FARMING

Many small farms include large areas of forested patches, which are either unproductive or often abandoned. This track will educate growers on ways to utilize this space.

6:00 - 8:00 pm Happy Hours and Grower Innovation Night, Dr. Chuck Marr