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Agribusiness Conference To Be Held Thursday
February 17, 2010
The University of Florida IFAS Extension and Team Santa Rosa will host the 2010 Gulf Coast Agribusiness Conference on Thursday in Santa Rosa County for agricultural producers from across the area.
Family farms are continually facing new challenges in today’s economy. To address these concerns, speakers from the Southeast region will provide our area farmers with ideas for new crops and business models. A trade show will be held at the conference, with space for vendor booths and equipment displays. Participants will also have an opportunity to learn about the Panhandle Fresh Marketing Association, a cooperative that helps area farmers sell through produce in stores like Walmart.
The program begins at the Farmer’s Opry in Chumuckla and ends at the University of Florida’s West Florida Research and Education Center near Jay greenhouse, pellet mill, bio-fuel and fruit orchard demonstrations and tours.
Several vendors will take part in the day-long program, including K&R Tractor of Atmore, United Bank, Farm Credit of Northwest Florida, Smith Tractor, Crop Production Services, Gulf Power and Kingline Equipment.
The target audience for this conference is producers of all types of crops in the Western Panhandle of Florida and Baldwin and Escambia Counties in Alabama. It will also serve as an informational seminar for prospective new farmers. Other conference topics will include “New Crops and Growing Methods,” “Estate Planning,” “Marketing Options: Most Successful Marketing Tools,” and more.
For more information on obtaining registration & sponsorship information contact Robin Vickers at rvickers @ ufl.edu or (850) 983-5216 x 113 or Jennifer Walters at jwalters@teamsantarosa.com or (850) 623-0174. Also click here.
Chumuckla’s Farmers Opry House is located located at 8897 Byrom Campbell Road.
Submitted photo for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
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What new farmers?? None of the kids these days want to become a farmer like daddy or granddaddy…it is to much work and stress.