20 workshops - Ohio Farm Bureau

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EXPERIENCE YAP.COM
What is it?
It’s an opportunity for leadership experience, building personal and
professional skills, networking with agricultural leaders, and making a
difference in our communities, Farm Bureau and agriculture. Join us for
a time of personal and professional development, meeting other young
professionals from around Ohio, fun, food and fellowship!
Date: February 3-4, 2017
Location: Hyatt Regency
Cost: $100 a person $150 a person $225 for two people
sharing a hotel room
Many county Farm Bureaus offer full or partial scholarships for this conference.
Registration Deadline:
All reservations must be submitted to Ohio Farm Bureau by
Friday, December 16, 2016
Keynote speakers:
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
PO Box 182383
Columbus, OH 43218-2383
www.ofbf.org
Tyne Morgan
C onnections
Cultivating
Saturday, February 4
8 a.m.
Breakfast and hotel checkout
8:15 a.m. Keynote Speaker
TYNE MORGAN, RFD-TV, sponsored by
9:30 a.m. Round 1 Workshops (choose 1)
·What’s Spiking Phosphorus in Ohio?
·Using the Basics: Ag finance to gain farm ownership
·Artisan Cheese Making at Home
·On Time Management
· Interviewing Tips from a Pro
10:45 a.m. Round 2 Workshops
· Knowing and Understanding Different Types of
Farm Leases
·Creating More Value with the Same Resources
·Beginning Tips for Starting a CSA
·Getting to Know Farm Bureau
·Understanding Personal Finance
11:45 a.m. Lunch
12:15 p.m. General Session
Tim Corcoran
Febuary 3-4, 2017 | Columbus, Ohio
Adam Garman opening for Tim, The Dairy Farmer
Tyne Morgan is in her “dream job.” She’s a
Missouri girl who has generations of agriculture
rooted in her blood. While in high school, she
worked at KMZU radio providing the daily farm
market updates, as well as agriculture news.
Although Morgan always knew she wanted to go
into TV, it was then she discovered farm broadcasting was her calling.
Ohio Farm Bureau is a grassroots organization.
Learn how important your role is in influencing
Ohio lawmakers from Sen. Bob Peterson.
Peterson represents the 17th Ohio Senate
District. He also has been active in Farm
Bureau including state president for five years.
LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE
Registration and tradeshow opens
Discussion Meet Round 1
Registration and heavy hors d’oeuvres
Welcome, YAP State Committee Chairs
Discussion Meet Round 2
Entertainment
National Reporter for AgDay on RFD-TV
Sen. Bob Peterson
2017 YOUNG AG PROFESSIONALS
5 p.m. 5:30 p.m.
6:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m.
8 p.m.
9 p.m.
350 North High Street · Columbus, Ohio, 43215 · (614) 463-1234
with No hotel room with hotel room
Friday, February 3
Tim Corcoran is owner/partner of Corcoran
Farms, a grain, popcorn and beef production
farm. Corcoran was active in his county Farm
Bureau, YF&R program and then served on
the OFBF board of trustees from 1994 to 2001.
Corcoran was elected to the Nationwide board
in 2001 and has served as board chairman
since April 2014.
AFBF YF&R Address, Latham and Katie Farley
The Importance of your role in influencing grassroots policy
Sen. Bob Peterson and Ohio Farm Bureau Policy Staff
1:15 p.m. Round 3 Workshops
·Farm Finances 201-How to analyze your business financials
·New Strategies for Maximizing Cover Crop Profitability
·Direct Marketing: Growing food, profits and community
·Food Initiatives in the Fight to End Hunger in Ohio
·The Art of Negotiating Job Offers
2:30 p.m. Round 4 Workshops ·Intro to Grain Marketing
·Contract Livestock Feeding
·The Art of Home Winemaking
·How to Start a Local YAP Group
·Building Your Personal Brand
3:45 p.m. Closing Session Start your leadership journey
TIM CORCORAN, Nationwide Board of Directors Chairman
Closing comments from YAP chairs. Door prizes
4:30 p.m. Adjourn
THANK YOU
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20 WORKSHOPS TO CHOOSE FROM:
What’s Spiking Phosphorus in Ohio?
To register online go to www.experienceYAP.com.
You must register and be a Farm Bureau member to attend.
To join, contact your county Farm Bureau office,
or visit us at www.growwithfb.org.
Registration Type:
Bennett Musselman and Joel Oney, Heartland Bank
If you are attending as a single, you will be assigned a roommate. Ask a
friend to attend the conference with you.
Room Type: ☐ King ☐ Two Double Beds
Artisan Cheese Making at Home
Learn how Lucky Penny Farms makes unique cheeses from goat
and sheep milk and how they market their cheeses at local farmers
markets. Cheese samples will be available during the session!
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Beyond time management
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Personal finance. It is one of those topics that you hate to think about,
yet it is the most important skillset you can learn. Join Rebecca as she
explains the basics of what you should know to start your own successful
personal finance journey.
Farm Finances 201: How analyze your
business financials
Dakota Everts, Farm Credit Mid America
Learn from an expert how to better analyze your farm finances. Participants will take a more in-depth look at what a lender looks at on your
farm financial sheets.
New Strategies for Maximizing Cover Crop Profitability
Steve Groff, Cover Crop Coaching
Matt Bennett, Bennett Consulting
Do you get confused on grain marketing terms? Learn the basic meaning
of puts, calls, hedging, and other topics regarding grain marketing that
will make you ready to tackle the market.
Contract Livestock Feeding: Is It For me?
Dale Ricker, OSU Extension
This session will focus what it takes to be a good contract grower. The
many opportunities for income as well as lessons learned from growers will
be discussed. Learn how to enter into contract negotiations, all aspects
of the cost of buildings and operating expenses and what needs to be
considered prior to looking at this option.
The Art of Home Winemaking
Russ Stewart, Home Winemaker
How to Start a Local YAP Group
You have landed a job interview. Now learn interviewing tips from a pro to
help you land the job! Interviewing skills are important tools that will
help you throughout your career.
Whether you are new to farming or looking to add value to food you
already produce, direct marketing is a great way to increase your profit
margins and build relationships within your local community. Learn how
to identify local needs, share your story and build your customer base
with on- and offline methods.
Jessica Clark and Andrea Bayles
Federal, State and Local Food Initiatives
Marlene Eick, Herdmark Media
Creating More Value with the Same Resources
Mike Kasten, Quality Beef by the Numbers
Learn about different types of production, data collection and management
in cow-calf operations to create and capture more value for producers.
Beginning Tips for starting a CSA
Special needs: (food allergies, etc.)
Rebecca Stewart, Bob Smith Nationwide Insurance Agency
Intro to Grain Marketing
Direct Marketing: Growing food, profits & community
Explore different types of farm leases and how to best select the one
that works best for your farming operation.
County:
Understanding Personal Finance
Interviewing Tips from a Pro
Peggy Hall, OSU Extension
Address:
You’ve been offered a job! Congratulations! Now what?! Learn the
art of negotiating, understanding benefits and how to professionally
accept or deny the position.
Adam Lohrey, Wilmington College
Do you feel like you’re pulled in too many directions? If only you could
focus on what’s important and forget the rest! It is possible to refocus on
the stuff that matters, maximizing the limited resource of time. Join this
session to learn how to do more than just manage your time
Knowing and Understanding Different Types of
Farm Leases
Full name:
Farm Bureau is one of the largest and most influential and powerful farm
organizations in America. The opportunities for involvement are endless.
Join this session to see where you can make an impact and become
involved today!
An amateur home winemaker who produces 500 bottles of wine a year will
discuss how he got started with three vines over two decades ago with
no intention or knowledge of winemaking and now has over 70 vines and
produces 12-15 types of wine from grapes and other fruits. Methods, the
types of grapes grown and used for wine, and the challenges and rewards
experienced will be covered.
Cindy Westfall, M-C Farms
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The Art of Negotiating Job Offers
John Torres, American Farm Bureau
Dig into foundational cover crop strategies as well as explore unique
and alternative practices, principles, and insight to make wise cover crop
decisions that will have a better chance of working on your farm and in
your fields. When cover crops reward the farmer for their investment,
everybody wins.
John Torres, American Farm Bureau
Address:
City: Are you considering farm ownership? If you are thinking about purchasing
your first farm or transitioning into ownership of the family farm, either
can be a challenge. This session will focus on financial preparation, debt
structure and using all of the available tools to assist with farm ownership.
Abbe Turner, Lucky Penny Farms
Full name:
City: Explore potential causes of algal blooms across the state. Learn about
Brookside Laboratories’ extensive research on how changing soil chemistry,
increases in drainage tile and climatic changes may affect the spikes in
dissolved reactive phosphorous and how it could affect Ohio agriculture.
Using the Basics: Ag finance to gain farm ownership
☐ $100 a person with no hotel room
☐ $150 a person with hotel room
☐ $225 for two people sharing a hotel room
Registration #1 Chris Eidson, PhD, Brookside Laboratories
Getting to Know Farm Bureau
Panel Discussion: Jess Campbell of Carroll Creek Farms, Stephen
King of Kings Farms Ohio, and Jamie Smith of Bluescreek Farm Meats
Learn from CSA vendors from across the state as they discuss how they
got started, what opportunities and challenges they’ve faced, and how
they continue to grow their CSAs.
Lyndsey Teter, Six Buckets Farm
Lisa Fugitt Hamler, Ohio Association of Foodbanks
This workshop will provide participants with an overview of the Ohio
Agricultural Clearance Program, a public/private partnership that links
farmers and growers to foodbanks and emergency food providers. Last
year, this innovative partnership provided over 40 million pounds of
healthy, wholesome Ohio grown and raised food, and helped
feed more than 1 in 6 Ohioans.
Panel Discussion: Shane Vetter, Becca Kocher, Ashley Weaver,
Hear from an expert panel on how to start a YAP group in your county. The
panelists all have successfully started YAP groups in their counties and will
discuss how you can have the same success.
Building Your Personal Brand
You share your brand’s story every day - do you know what story you’re
telling? Join Marlene Eick to discuss the opportunities and platforms to
build your personal brand. Stand out in your job search, elevate your
career, and expand your influence.
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