Post by PlanetM on Feb 1, 2009 19:21:26 GMT
I'm not sure this might be our Ricky....then again he does own a ranch in Topanga.
Question is would he go to a conference in Kansas? And the surname is mispelled but that happens often...
Question is would he go to a conference in Kansas? And the surname is mispelled but that happens often...
Wichita, Kan. -
More than 400 farmers and ranchers between the ages of 18 and 35 are expected to gather this weekend in Wichita to network, learn and position themselves as leaders in agriculture and rural Kansas.
The Kansas Farm Bureau Young Farmers & Ranchers Leaders Conference will take place Jan. 30-Feb. 1 at the Hyatt Regency in Wichita.
“We hope young farmers and ranchers gain knowledge they can take back to their operations, as well as enjoy a weekend of fellowship and networking,” said Derek Sawyer, a McPherson County farmer who serves as Chair of the KFB Young Farmers & Ranchers Committee. “The committee has worked hard to come up with a program that is worth time away from the farm.”
General session speaker, Jolene Brown, will help conference participants “talk our walk” as they lead and navigate their journeys in changing times. Gracia Burnham, a former missionary taken captive in the Philippines, will offer the closing session remarks.
During a Saturday afternoon address, the group will have the opportunity to “Stump Steve,” in an unscripted, back-and-forth dialogue with KFB President Steve Baccus, an Ottawa County farmer. Baccus also serves on the American Farm Bureau Federation Board of Directors.
Other workshops and discussion topics include balancing family and business, land stewardship, livestock profitability, animal welfare and rural development.
In addition to Sawyer, the following McPherson County individuals will attend the conference: Erik Peterson and Matt Toll Lindsborg, Adam Baldwin and Rodd and Theresa Nelson, McPherson, Ricky Schroeder, Inman, Jenny, Cynthia, Sherlynn, and Matthew Goering, Galva, and County Coordinator Mitz Fawl, McPherson.
More than 400 farmers and ranchers between the ages of 18 and 35 are expected to gather this weekend in Wichita to network, learn and position themselves as leaders in agriculture and rural Kansas.
The Kansas Farm Bureau Young Farmers & Ranchers Leaders Conference will take place Jan. 30-Feb. 1 at the Hyatt Regency in Wichita.
“We hope young farmers and ranchers gain knowledge they can take back to their operations, as well as enjoy a weekend of fellowship and networking,” said Derek Sawyer, a McPherson County farmer who serves as Chair of the KFB Young Farmers & Ranchers Committee. “The committee has worked hard to come up with a program that is worth time away from the farm.”
General session speaker, Jolene Brown, will help conference participants “talk our walk” as they lead and navigate their journeys in changing times. Gracia Burnham, a former missionary taken captive in the Philippines, will offer the closing session remarks.
During a Saturday afternoon address, the group will have the opportunity to “Stump Steve,” in an unscripted, back-and-forth dialogue with KFB President Steve Baccus, an Ottawa County farmer. Baccus also serves on the American Farm Bureau Federation Board of Directors.
Other workshops and discussion topics include balancing family and business, land stewardship, livestock profitability, animal welfare and rural development.
In addition to Sawyer, the following McPherson County individuals will attend the conference: Erik Peterson and Matt Toll Lindsborg, Adam Baldwin and Rodd and Theresa Nelson, McPherson, Ricky Schroeder, Inman, Jenny, Cynthia, Sherlynn, and Matthew Goering, Galva, and County Coordinator Mitz Fawl, McPherson.