What is it about?
A one day conference that will bring together experts, technology and wisdom that will inspire and drive the new rural economy forward with new technology, crops and vision.
Who will be there?
Growers – corn, cannabis, greenhouse growers, soybean & small grain sharing their knowledge and experience on how to lower costs, increase productivity, all leading to greater success and income.
Entrepreneurs – Developers of new technology for processing hemp, grain and agricultural byproducts as well as on-farm energy, battery and transportation, and food production
Experts – Agronomy, Livestock, Technology, Cooperatives Bio-science, Nanotechnology, Carbon sequestering
Who should attend?
Anyone with an interest in the future of America and its position leading the world in agricultural innovation including farmers/ranchers, bankers, entrepreneurs, educators, investors, and regional, state and community leaders.
AGENDA (tentative)
Thursday, February 13, 2020 download Agenda, pdf, Team Meeting
Time: 4 pm – 6 pm
4:00 Dean Goette Welcome, settling in
4:30 Tom McClain Setting the
Stage/Opening remarks
/Andy Skadberg
5:00 – 5:30 Craig Lee The Vision – History and Opportunities
5:30 – 6:00 Steve Gruhn Agenda for the next two days, format, networking
Evening Free
Friday, February 14, 2020
7:45 Welcome, settling in
8:00 Panel discussion (Tom, Steve, Monte, Craig, Montana, other states?)
9:00 Steven Gruhn Biochar/Hempcrete/Vinegar/Carbon Sequestration
10:00 Howard Barrie TerraQuest, Remote Sensing, precision farming
/Andy Skadberg
11:00 Zac Wright Soil Building and Hemp
12:00 Lunch and Chuck Horn Solid State Pyrolosis, NeetCoat, Nano Ridge
or Joseph Harris Containerized systems, New Orleans,
international
1:00 Robert (Bob) Albertson, Jim Smith, Randy
Schwake,
Carbon/Graphene battery from hemp biomass for battery technologies
2:00 Kevin Klungtvrdt, Carbon nanotube technology
Kurt Knappen
3:00 David Cannon Gelatida.com Hemp infused Gelato ice cream
4:00 T Wayne Green, Dennis Moore,
Cecil Massiy, Larry Kruse
Nutritein - Field corn to Food corn and Hemp
Open networking, group meetings to discuss next steps
Evening Free
AGENDA (tentative)
Saturday, February 15, 2020
8:00 am – 6:00 pm Formal presentations
8:15 Welcome, settling in
8:30 Dean Goette, Local farm issues, various projects, farmer co-op
8:45 Steve Gruhn Custer, SD & Strasburg, North
Dakota, processing, biochar/vinegar
/Monte Bertsch
9:45 Break
10:00 Craig Lee Key Note Address / State of the U.S Hemp Industry
11:30 Camron Kabe Insurance warranty certification + Banking/funding
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Zach Wright Soil Health, Hemp and lowering out of pocket costs
2:30 – 2:45 Break
2:45 Dan Pavich SymbiosisAG, Redeemer (fish bio-stimulant)
4:15 Tom McClain Combining
remote sensing and precision farming - rapidly developing
methods for efficient and effective technology application on the farm
5:00 Panel discussion Answering questions – where do we go from
here – hooking links of the chain
Craig
Lee, Tom McClain, Steve Gruhn, Monte Bertsch, Dean Goette
6:00 Concluding
remarks, what’s next, the online resource center, Andy Skadberg
www.thehemparchive.yolasite.com
