JUNE 28, 2024 | VOLUME 27 | ISSUE 13
Farm Bureau Press A PEEK INSIDE
2024 ARKANSAS FARM BUREAU SUMMER CONFERENCES Farm Bureau leaders across the state will gather in Jonesboro July 25-27 for the 76th annual Officers & Leaders Conference and the Women’s Leadership Conference . Both events will take place at the Red Wolf Convention Center. Officers & Leaders kicks off at noon on Thursday, July 25 with a luncheon, followed by a general session where the Young Farmer & Rancher Excellence in Agriculture and Achievement Awards will be announced as ArFB President Dan Wright addresses the leaders. Breakout sessions Thursday afternoon will feature a panel on state legislative issues, the new veterinary medicine program at ASU, rural health, voluntary smoke management, H-2A worker programs and commodity division meetings. Thursday night will host an AgPAC reception and ArFB Foundation dinner.
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Friday will include another round of commodity division meetings, plus breakout sessions on the state water plan, a review of ArFB scholarship programs, grain marketing and the farm bill. A general session closing out the Officers and Leaders Conference and kicking off the Women’s Leadership Conference will begin at 10:30 a.m., featuring Dr. Cliff Jones, deputy director of the ASU Delta Center for Economic Development. The WLC conference will begin at 8 a.m., Friday, July 26, with a Come & Go Networking Session featuring Ag in the Classroom (AITC) hands-on activities. Friday afternoon attendees are welcome to take an ag industry tour, including opportunities to tour Delta Peanut, the ASU Meats Lab and the Northeast Arkansas Food Bank. More information and registration for the tours will be coming soon. Saturday’s WLC agenda includes two sessions of workshops and the conference will wrap-up with a general session featuring keynote “The B Word: Unmasking the Illusion and Redefining Success” from Katelyn Duban, a first-generation farmer, storyteller, community builder and host of The Rural Woman Podcast. Registration for O&L can be found here. Registration for WLC can be found here.
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