Albany, NY -- The New York Farm Bureau stated earlier this week that getting more young people involved in farming and transitioning farms from the current generation to the next is a key priority for the organization this year.
To highlight this, a Leadership Conference sponsored by the Fram Bureau Young Farmer Program is scheduled for Feb. 22-23 at the Holiday Inn on Electronics Boulevard in Salina.
Topics to be discussed during the conference include: how to be a leader, time management, communications
skills, and risk management/crop insurance.
Young farmers also will get updates on New York Farm Bureau’s priority
issues for 2013 and have the opportunity to discuss issues affecting
young farmers.
Ken Quick, Jr., a student at Cornell University who grew up on a dairy farm in Washington County, is the keynote speaker Friday night. He will share thoughts on the conference theme, Agriculture 20/20: Visions for Future Leaders.
Also speaking at the conference will be Eric Ooms, New York Farm Bureau vice president and past chair of the Farm Bureau Young Farmer Committee and Richard Ball of Schoharie Valley Farms: Home of the Carrot Barn.
A Farm Bureau spokesman said the goal of the
conference is to provide timely information on issues and trends that
affect young farmers and their farm businesses as well as provide
opportunities for networking with peers from across New
York and the northeast. This conference is open to all; you don’t have
to be associated with a young farmer committee to participate.
Hotel reservations for the conference are due Feb. 7 and meal reservations are due Feb. 13. Conference costs
consist of a registration fee, meal costs and overnight room cost. The
cost for the one night hotel room is $123.17 (single or double). The meal
package is $120 which covers: Friday; lunch, break, reception,
dinner, and Saturday; breakfast, break, lunch. People can register for individual meals if they are not attending the entire
conference.
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