Sign Up Today for the MoKan Ag Tour

Written by NAMA on Monday, August 2, 2010 , 12:31 pm

Register today for the 2010 MoKan Ag Tour on Tuesday, August 17, prior to the NAMA Boot Camp.

The tour is an on-farm experience where attendees will tour as well as learn about different operations. The morning begins with a tour of an Ag Retailer, who is an aerial applicator, to check out the plane/equipment. There will be a short presentation from the pilot. The group will visit a rural meat market and will  tour a 20,000 acre row crop facility as well as a livestock operation.

The schedule for the Ag Tour is as follows:

Schedule:
7:45 a.m. Leave the Hyatt Regency Crown Center

8:30 a.m. Tour a row crop and cattle farm operation in Richmond, MO

11:00 a.m. Tour Pence Aerial Service, an Aerial Applicator’s Operation at the Carrollton Airport (including plane) and discussion about what Aerial Applicators do for Agriculture and what the National Agriculture Aviation Association does to promote safety and stewardship.

http://penceaerialservice.com/

http://www.agaviation.org/aboutuspage.htm

12:30 p.m. lunch on bus while commuting to Ray Carroll County Grain Growers at just outside Carrollton, MO

1:15 p.m. Tour a large and progressive Ag Retailer, Grain Elevator, and Ethanol Plant which is a Coop (owned by growers)

Ray Carroll County Grain Growers

http://www.ray-carroll.com/EZWeb/SiteWizard/index.cfm?FuseAction=DisplayPage&PageID=733&ExpandDepartment=401&Spg=733

ethanol plant:

http://www.showmeethanolllc.com/

3:00 p.m. – Return to Hyatt

Cost for the MoKan Ag Tour is $50 and includes a boxed breakfast & lunch as well as beverages.

To register for the MoKan Ag Tour, visit http://www.nama.org/ConferenceRegistration/Default.aspx?confid=22.

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