A completely filled 200,000 sq. ft. Centurylink convention center filled with everything today’s Farm and Rancher needs has been the success story for this expo every year.We hear every year this show is the best show in the Midwest and it is on my calendar for the 2nd week in March. With a waiting list and exhibitors asking us for more space, it has us looking for options to expand.

Wednesday, March 8, 2017

• 10:00 AM – 10:45 AM – Spring Market Update – Presented by Darin Newsom from DTN/The progressive Farmer. SR #1.
• 10:00 AM – 10:45 AM – Effective Marketing for the Next Generation and 2017 Market Trends. Presented by Amberlee Bratcher from Stewart-Peterson. SR#2.
• 11:00 AM – 11:45 AM – Solving the Early Dying Corn Riddle Seen Across the Nation – Presented by Bob Streit from Central Iowa Agronomy and Supply. SR #1.
• 11:00 AM – 11:45 AM – Managing Resistant Weeds in Soybeans. Presented by Brad Law from Willcross Seed. SR #2.
• 12:00 PM – 12:45 PM – Getting on the Grid with Bergey Windturbines. Presented by Todd Nelson from Energy Grid Solutions. SR #1.
• 12:00 PM – 12:45 PM – Estate Planning & Preservation Concepts for the Family Farm. Presented by James Tews andJohn Feller, Estate Planning Attorneys and Jeff Bradley, Regional Financial Consultant from Farm Bureau Federation. SR #2.
• 1:00 PM – 1:45 PM – Mutual of Omaha & Farm Saver Estate Planning – Saving the Family Farm: Farm Succession Planning. Estate Planning, Investments & Insurance. Presented by Dana Troske from Mutual of Omaha and Farm Saver Estate Planning, James Blazek and Jerrod Gregg – Estate and Business Planning Attorney’s. SR #1.
• 1:00 PM – 1:45 PM – Fertility Management for High Yield Crop Systems with Drip Irrigation – Presented by Kurt Grimm from Nutradrip Irrigation Systems. SR#2.
• 2:00 PM – 2:45 PM – Crop Weather 2016 and Beyond. Presented by Elwynn Taylor – State Climatologist from Iowa State. SR #1.
• 2:00 PM – 2:45 PM – Sharing the Road – An Interactive Journey – Farm Vehicle and Roadway Safety. Presented by Marsha Cheyney from Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health. SR #2.
• 3:00 PM – 3:45 PM – Post – Frame Building Advantages and Options: Program Description: not Just “pole barns” anymore, discover the variety of options and applications that are available today for modern post-frame buildings. Presented by Roger Thompson from Astro Buildings. SR #1.

Thursday, March 9, 2017

• 10:00 AM – 10:45 AM – Fertility Management for High Yield Crop Systems with Drip Irrigation – Presented by Kurt Grimm from Nutradrip Irrigation Systems. SR#1.
• 10:00 AM – 10:45 AM – Estate Planning & Preservation Concepts for the Family Farm. Presented by James Tews and John Feller, Estate Planning Attorneys and Jeff Bradley, Regional Financial Consultant from Farm Bureau Federation. SR #2.
• 11:00 AM – 11:45 AM – Solving the Early Dying Corn Riddle Seen Across the Nation – Presented by Bob Streit from Central Iowa Agronomy and Supply. SR #1.
• 11:00 AM – 11:45 AM – Managing Resistant Weeds in Soybeans. Presented by Brad Law from Willcross Seed. SR #2.
• 12:00 PM – 12:45 PM – Crop Weather 2016 and Beyond. Presented by Elwynn Taylor – State Climatologist from Iowa State. SR #1.
• 12:00 PM – 12:45 PM – Protecting Your Innovation – Patent Protection and the Patent Process. Presented by Matt Poulsen and Patrice Sokolowski from Suiter Swantz IP. SR # 2.
• 1:00 PM – 1:45 PM – Mutual of Omaha & Farm Saver Estate Planning – Saving the Family Farm: Farm Succession Planning. Estate Planning, Investments & Insurance. Presented by Dana Troske from Mutual of Omaha and Farm Saver Estate Planning, James Blazek and Jerrod Gregg – Estate and Business Planning Attorney’s. SR #1.
• 1:00 PM – 1:45 PM – Getting on the Grid with Bergey Windturbines. Presented by Todd Nelson from Energy Grid Solutions. SR #2.
• 2:00 PM – 2:45 PM – Spring Market Update – Presented by Darin Newsom from DTN/The progressive Farmer. SR #1.
• 2:00 PM – 2:45 PM – – Effective Marketing for the Next Generation and 2017 Market Trends. Presented by Amberlee Bratcher from Stewart-Peterson. SR#2.

Check the web site prior to the show and the signage at the show for the full seminar schedule. See www.omahafarmandranch.com for more information and details.

BOB MANCUSO, JR., MID-AMERICA EXPOSITIONS, INC. * 7015 SPRING ST, OMAHA, Nebraska 68106

(402) 346-8003 * FAX: (402) 346-5412; bmancuso@showofficeonline.com