Beginning Farmers Conference 2012 -- Agenda

7^th Annual Beginning Farmers Conference
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Scheman Building, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa

Agenda

8:30 - 9:00	Registration Lobby - Second Floor
9:00 - 9:45	Welcome and Introduction Keynote Speaker: Don Van Houweling, President, Van Wall Group Rooms 220-230
10:00 - 10:45	Breakout Session 1 "CSR2 and Land Stewardship in Iowa" with Dr. C. Lee Burras Room 220 "Entrepreneurial Opportunities for Beginning Farmers" with Dr. Kevin Kimle Room 230 "Changing Dynamics in Iowa's Animal Agriculture" with Rita Cook and Kent Mowrer Rooms 204-208
11:00 - 11:45	Breakout Session 2 "CSR2 and Land Stewardship in Iowa" with Dr. C. Lee Burras Room 220 "Entrepreneurial Opportunities for Beginning Farmers" with Dr. Kevin Kimle Room 230 "Changing Dynamics in Iowa's Animal Agriculture" with Rita Cook and Kent Mowrer Rooms 204-208
12:00 - 1:00	Lunch sponsored by Syngenta Seeds
1:15 - 2:00	Breakout Session 3 "Ag Marketing for Beginning Farmers" with Dr. Chad Hart Rooms 220-230 "Financing Programs for Beginning Farmers" with Jeff Ward and Paula Volesky Rooms 204-208
2:15 - 3:00	Keynote Speaker: Dean Wendy Wintersteen Iowa State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Rooms 220-230
3:00	Closing Remarks