Friday:
3:00 pm Expo Hall Opens – Plus door prize give-away every 30 minutes
4:00 pm Breeders and Brokers – Hayloft Stage
Presented by Joel Edge and Deb Klopfenstein, Sales Specialists, Purina Animal Nutrition
5:00- 7:00 Iowa Corn Reception – Open to ALL! Live Music from The Marshall County Hangmen Hayloft Stage
7:00 pm Expo Hall Closes
Saturday:
8:00 am – Farm Show Expo Opens! Free Beef Lunch to the first 650 in the door Saturday!
8:00 am – Free Coffee courtesy Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network – Hayloft Stage
9:00-9:10am – Welcome and Opening Comments Theater
9:00- 9:45am – Tory Topping – “Dogs on the Farm” – Hayloft Stage
9:10-10:00am – General Session 1: – Theater
Dr. Bob Weaber, Kansas State University – “Genetic Selection for Feed Efficiency: The Right Way”
10:00 -10:30am – Belzer Equipment presents: “Forage & Feeding” – Hayloft Stage
10:05-10:55am – General Session 2: Theater
Burke Teichert – “Farm and Ranch Financial Management”
10:45 -11:15 am – Congressman Loebsack – “The latest on Rural Broadband & the Farm Bill”- Hayloft Stage
11:00-11:50am – General Session 3: Theater
Ron McDaniel, Merck Animal Health – “Entertainment: Cowboy Poetry”
11:30- 12:00am – “Succession Planning & Estate Transitioning” Principle Financial – Hayloft Stage
12:00-1:10pm – Lunch with Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig LOBBY
(everyone invited to attend – free lunch is for those with a ticket. No ticket? You may also purchase a lunch)
12:30- 1:00pm – “Beef! Its what’s for breakfast, lunch & dinner”. Fareway Stores- WIN Free Beef – Hayloft Stage
1:00pm-3:00pm – General Session 3: Theater
Dr. Tom Noffsinger – Low-Stress Animal Handling Techniques
1:15-1:45pm – Financial Partners – Hayloft Stage
2:00-2:45pm – Tory Topping – “Dogs on the Farm” – Hayloft Stage
2:15-3:05/3:10-4:00pm – Break-out Session 1: Conf Room 1
Dr. Katy Lippolis, Iowa State Univ. Cow-Calf Specialist – Meeting Cattle Requirements with Forage Resources (JDOW Room)
2:15-3:05/3:10-4:00pm – Break-out Session 2: Conf Room 2
Producer Speaker, Nathan Manternach – Cover Crops and Annual Forages in a Grazing System
2:15-3:05/3:10-4:00pm – Break-out Session 3: Conf Room 3
Jeff Matthias, NRCS State Grassland Specialist – Water Systems and EQIP Opportunities for Cattle Producers
2:15-3:05/3:10-4:00pm – Break-out Session 4: Conf Room 4
Mike Downey, Next Generation Ag Advocates – Farm Transitioning
Questions, email us at agshow@kiicradio.com or call 641-932-2112
