Agenda 2025

Tuesday, September 30, 2025

8:00 PM – Midnight

Networking Hospitality Suite Open

Wednesday, October 1, 2025

8:30 – 9:00 AM

Event Kick-Off

9:00 – 10:00 AM

The Growing Season, How I Built a New Life and Saved an American Farm

Sarah Frey, CEO of Frey Farms

Sarah says education is about learning from those who have gone before us, whether it is in the classroom, in the marketplace or in the field. Watching, listening and learning from the successes and failures of others schools us on how to avoid the same mistakes while achieving a success of our own that we might one day share with others. This too is a crop that also begins by getting dirty and planting seeds in fertile ground.

10:00 – 10:15 AM

Networking Break

10:15 – 10:45 AM

Ashley Macy, CoBank

10:45 – 11:00 AM

Ask Your Lender

11:00 – 12:00 PM

AI Use in Ag Operations

12:00 – 1:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 – 1:45 PM

USDA FSA Update

1:45 – 2:45 PM

The Big Beautiful Bill

2:45 – 3:00 PM

Leasing

3:00 – 3:15 PM

Networking Break

3:15 – 4:00 PM

Succession & Exit Planning: What is Your Endgame for a Regret-Free Business Exit

4:00 – 5:15 PM

TBD

6:30 PM

Dinner On Your Own

8:00 PM – Midnight

Networking Hospitality Suite Open

Thursday, October 2, 2025

8:00 – 9:00 AM

Todd Doerring, Centrec

9:00 – 9:15 AM

Networking Break

9:15 – 11:00 AM

Jeff Ruby
James Watson
Jonathan Watson
Eric Hjort

11:00 – 12:00 PM

Dr. Edmond J. Seifried

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