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Seminars & Workshops
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2009 Winter No-Till On the
Plains Conference
Keeping the farm in the
family --- Farm Transition Workshops
BVS Meetings &
Appearances
Be Ag Wise:
Professional Development Workshop
Family Farmer and Rancher Conference
Hay and Forage Conference
Kansas State University's Ag Conference and Workshop Schedule
Prescribed Burn Workshops (pdf)
National Agriculture in the Classroom Conference
Scholarship
program for registered Kansas agritourism operators - Dept. of Commerce
Women Managing the Farm 2009 Conference
Be Ag Wise: Professional Development Workshop
KFAC/KFB
Sign up now to attend one of
four workshops that will be offered in early 2009. These workshops will focus
on Natural Resources and are designed especially for agriculture education
presenters at the county level. Workshops are scheduled on Saturdays from 10
a.m. - 3 p.m. and will be held in
Manhattan
(Jan 17), Emporia (Jan 24), Colby (Feb 21) and Garden City (Feb 28). Be Ag Wise
registration forms are due by January 2, 2009. There is a registration fee of
$45 per participant which includes lunch.
Following the workshop you will be equipped to lead training sessions on such
topics as: There's a Watershed in My Backyard, Piece Like a River, Prairie Food
Chains and Food Webs, Photosynthesis Activity, Flower Power, Soil Infiltration
Activity and Mudshake. Participants will have the opportunity to: receive
training for a variety of Ag-based hands-on learning labs, receive resource
materials, share ideas that work, practice presentation skills, network with
others and to recap success stories from the 2008 training.
To register for one of these workshops, click
here.
Hay and Forage Conference
Forage
research will be the key topic at the Kansas Hay and Grazing
Conference in Manhattan.
Andy Hopkins, a researcher for the Noble Foundation, will deliver
the keynote address on the subject Jan. 14 at the Kansas Farm Bureau
building. The event, which starts with registration at 8:30 a.m.,
is for anyone interested in livestock grazing, hay production and
the state's grass and hay products. Other
topics to be covered during breakout sessions include updates on the
Country of Origin Labeling (COOL), grass-fed beef, cellulosic
biofuels, use of byproduct supplements and watch lists for invasive
plants in Kansas.
The
event is sponsored by Kansas State University Research and Extension
and Kansas Forage and Grassland Council.
There is a fee of $40 for those who preregister by Jan. 8. It's $60
at the door. To preregister and obtain further information contact
Karen Walters at
kwalters@ksu.edu
or 620-431-1530.
Keeping the Farm in the
Family --- Farm
Transition Workshops - Families Encouraged
to Attend Training
K-State ESARP
Bringing family members into the farm business and
passing the farm from one generation to the next can be the best -
and worst - of times. To help families develop a plan to suit their
operation, K-State Research and Extension and the K-State Farm
Analyst Program will again host "Keeping the Family Farming"
workshops in January, 2009.
The topics to be addressed include: Understanding
Tax Repercussions and Legal Issues in Selling and Transferring
Assets; Comparing Business Entity Options; Estimating Financial
Needs in Retirement; Evaluating Strategies for Transferring the
Family Farm; Making Explicit Plans; Determining your Current
Financial Situation; and Being Aware of the Potential for Conflict
and Identifying Ways to Resolve it.
The workshop dates and locations include:
* Fri., Jan. 2 and Sat., Jan. 17 - Chanute
* Fri., Jan. 3 and Sat., Jan. 16 - El Dorado
* Fri., Jan. 10 and Fri., Jan. 30 - Garden City
At the end of the meetings in each location, the
families will have the option of meeting with someone from the Farm
Analyst program to review their personal situation.
The cost for the two-day session is $225 per family
of four, if paid by Dec. 15, plus $75 for each additional
participant. The cost per family of four after Dec. 15 is $300. The
fees include all materials, two lunches and one evening meal.
More information on the "Keeping the Family Farming"
Workshops is available online
here (click
on Upcoming Events) or by contacting Lavell Winsor at 785-313-4974
or lwinsor@ksu.edu.
Scholarship
Program for Registered Kansas Agritourism Operators
For the 3rd
year, the Agriculture Marketing Division of the Kansas Department of
Commerce is sponsoring a
$25,000
scholarship program
for registered
Kansas agritourism
operators to attend conferences, seminars and educational tours.
Please note that applications will be
reviewed 2 times this year:
August 1,
and
January 1.
Awards will be made within one month of the
due dates. Awards may be granted to agritourism operators that have
previously been awarded scholarship funding through this program.
Click here
to read more about the scholarship and to download an application.
2009 National
Ag in the Classroom Conference
Missouri AITC/Illinois AITC
Mark your calendars for June 23 - 27, 2009! Hosted at the Millennium
Hotel, on the bank of the Mississippi, between the Arch and Busch Stadium
and the soon to be completed Ballpark Village. Arrive Tuesday or
Wednesday, events start Wednesday afternoon with traveling workshops on
Friday. Rooms for single, double or quad guaranteed for $129.
Proposed traveling workshop destinations (subject to change): Monsanto, St.
Louis Science Center, Anheuser-Busch Brewery, Mississippi River Lock and Dam
Barge Tour and much, much more!
More info coming soon but mark your calendars now and we'll meet you in St.
Louis!
Women Managing the Farm 2009 Annual Conference
To aid women who are helping to grow the nations
food supply whether by design, marriage or inheritance, the Women Managing the
Farm Conference is slated for February 12-14,
2009 in Hutchinson, Kan.
Over the 2 1/2 days of the conference, presentations regarding business
planning, health, managing employees and more will be interspersed with
opportunities for networking and learning from others attending the conference.
The WMF conference has been developed for all women involved in an operation
from the fulltime manager to the absentee landowner needing a bit of insight
about managing their investment.
Click here to see the
2009 Conference brochure.
Registration information is available now by clicking
here.
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