Friday Schedule 2024
9:00 - 10:30 am - KEYNOTE: Karen "Mimo" Davis
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Morning
9:00 - 10:30 Welcome and Keynote 10:30 - 11:00 Break and Tradeshow 11:00 - 12:00 Educational sessions |
Lunch
12:00 - 1:00 or 12:30 - 1:30 pm (Session dependent) |
Afternoon
1:00 - 5:00 Educational sessions 5:00 - 6:00 Grower Association Meetings 5:30 - 7:30 Happy Hour 6:00-8:00 Grower Innovation Event |
7:30 - 5:00 pm - Trade Show (Continues throughout the day)
TREE FruitThis year's tree fruit track will focus primarily on apples, particularly new technologies, IPM and variety selection for improved local production. Track features discussions with industry experts, researchers and farmers on broad range of issues relevant to orchards in the Midwest.
11:00 - 12:00 pm Attract and Kill Systems for Plum Curculio, Codling Moth, Brown Marmorated Stink Bug, and Apple Maggot Fly Jaime Pinero 12-1pm Lunch 1:00 - 2:00 pm Pesticides Updates and Developing Your Spray Schedule Suzanne Slack, Iowa State University Extension 2:00 - 3:00 pm Management of Plum Curculio in Orchard Systems Raymond Cloyd 3 - 3:30 pm Break 3:30 - 4:00 pm Effect of Innovative Food Labeling Technology on Fresh Produce Quality, Microbial Safety and Consumers’ Acceptance – Manreet Buller Manreet Bhullar, KSU Extension 4:00 - 4:15 pm A 20yr Review of Apple Rootstocks in the Midwest Olivia Meyer, Iowa State University 5:00 - 6:00 pm Missouri Growers Association Meeting |
Vegetable ProductionLearn about specialty crop production techniques to improve sustainability in the Great Plains area. Speakers will discuss mechanical cultivation, garlic production, soil blocking technique, cucumber and watermelon production and other topics.
11:00 - 12:00pm am Building Biodiversity in Cropping Systems Tom, FairShare Farm 12-1pm Lunch 1:00 - 2:00 pm Cover Crops' Suppresive Effects on EColi Manreet Bhullar, KSU, OHREC 2:00 - 3:00 pm Reducing tillage and combatting weeds on SD vegetable farms: what does the research tell us? Kristine Lang, South Dakota State University 3 - 3:30 pm Break 3:30 - 4:15 pm Watermelon Production and Variety Trials Wenjing Guan, Purdue University, Assoc. Prof Horticulture 4:15 - 5:00 pm Sweet Potatoes Production Jason Griffin, KSRE 5:00 - 6:00 pm Kansas Specialty Crops Growers Association Meeting |
Business development and marketingThe Agri Business track is designed to equip aspiring agripreneurs and small farm owners with the essential knowledge and skills to effectively manage and grow their agri businesses. A wide range of topics are offered, including a small farm business guide, the MU business canvas model, marketing for ag businesses and identifying your customer segment, marketing channels for local foods, and an interactive speaker panel highlighting the perspectives of marketing specialists and how they can best support agri businesses. 11:00 - 11:45 pm Helping Ag Businesses Market for the Correct Customer Segment Dr. Mallory Rahe, Univ. of Missouri Extension 11:45 - 12:30 pm How to use MU's Business Model Canvas Ryan Milhollin, Univ. of Missouri Extension 12:30-1:30pm Lunch 1:30 - 2:30 pm Business Resources: Missouri Agriculture, Forestry & Food Innovation Center/NRCS/FSA 2:30 - 3:00 pm Small Farms Business Guide Katie Neuner, Univ. of Missouri 3-3:30 pm Break 3:30 - 4:15 pm Marketing Channels for Local Foods Denice Ferguson, Univ. of Missouri Extension 5:00 - 6:00 pm Nebraska Growers Association Meeting Join Meeting |
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.
11:00 - 12:00 pm
SARE Grant Workshop Touria Eaton, Lincoln University & Dan Downing 12-1pm Lunch 1:00 - 1:30 pm Everybody grows -The Gifted Learning Project - Kansas Girard Sagmiller 1:30 - 2:00 pm Allergy-friendly food at small farm sales - Pat & Rachel's Garden - Kansas Dr. James Leek 2:00 - 2:30pm Soil Health on an Incubator Farm: Sharing Farmer-led initiatives to use conservation practices on small scale plots, Zachary Couture 2:30 - 3:00 pm Weed Suppression Strategies in Yazidi Farming Community - Community Crops - Nebraska Amy Gerdes 3-3:30 pm Break 3:30 - 4:00 pm Rebuilding microbes and soil nutrient mobilizers for organic corn - Summer's Farm LLC - MO Dr. Walton Summer 4:00 - 4:30 pm Sustainable Stock Apiary -St. Louis Beekeepers, MO Jane Sueme 4:30-5:00pm Best Practices for Inustrial Hemp - KS Hemp Consortium, KS Sarah Stephens |
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6:00 - 8:00 pm Happy Hours and Grower Innovation Night, Dr. Chuck Marr