9:00 a.m. Mike White, Iowa Grape
and Wine Institute
9:30 a.m. David Baker, Beginning
Farmer Center
9:45 a.m. Brenda Ranum, Northeast
Iowa Food and Fitness
10:00 a.m. Elwynn Taylor, Weather/Crop Outlook
10:15 a.m. Palle Pedersen, Planting Prospects
for 2009
10:45 a.m. Steve Johnson, The New 2009 ACRE
Program
11:15 a.m. Joe Colletti, The New Century Farm
11:30 a.m. Music by Jack VanLaar and Paul Lasley
12:00 noon J. Arbuckle, Highlights from
the 2008 Iowa Farm and Rural Life Poll
12:30 p.m. J. Arbuckle, Farm Succession and the
Bioeconomy
1:00 p.m. Eldon Everhart, Aronia
Berries: A new crop for Iowa
1:30 p.m. Mary Weinand, Soft Skills
Lead to Workplace Strengths
1:45 p.m. Ruth Freeman, Thriving
Communities for All
2:15 p.m. Music by Jack VanLaar
and Paul Lasley
2:45 p.m. Elwynn Taylor, Weather/Crop
Outlook
3:00 p.m. Roger Elmore, Planting
Prospects for 2009
3:30 p.m. John Mabry, Iowa's Comparative
Advantage in Pork
4:00 p.m. Stage presentations conclude
for day
Wednesday, Aug. 27
9:00 a.m. Music by Jack VanLaar and Paul Lasley
9:30 a.m. Elwynn Taylor,
Weather/Crop Outlook
9:45 a.m. Roger Elmore,
Planting Prospects for 2009
10:15 a.m. Mike Stahr, Seed Testing
Services at ISU
10:30 a.m. John Baker, Beginning
Farmer Center
10:45 a.m. Mary Yearns, Universal
Design for Bathrooms
11:00 a.m. Erin Herbold, Center
for Agricultural Law and Taxation
11:30 a.m. Music by Jack VanLaar
and Paul Lasley
12:00 p.m. Katherine Perkins, Iowa
Public Radio Talk@12
1:00 p.m. Elwynn Taylor,
Weather/Crop Outlook
1:15 p.m. Palle Pedersen,
Planting Prospects for 2009
1:45 p.m. Mike White,
Iowa Grape and Wine Institute
2:15 p.m. Erin Ludwig,
Soft Skills Lead to Workplace Strengths
2;30 p.m. Music by
Jack VanLaar and Paul Lasley
3:00 p.m. Eldon Everhart,
Aronia Berry: A new crop in Iowa
3:30 p.m. John Lawrence,
Iowa's Comparative Advantage in Beef
4:00 p.m. Stage presentations
conclude
Thursday, Aug. 28
9:00 a.m. Music by Jack VanLaar and Paul Lasley
9:30 a.m. Brenda Schmitt,
Soft Skills Lead to Workplace Strengths
9:45 a.m. Christa Hartsook,
Agri-Tourism on the Grow
10:00 a.m. Elwynn Taylor, Weather/Crop
Outlook
10:15 a.m. Palle Pedersen, Planting
Prospects for 2009
10:45 a.m. Christa Hartsook, Tools
for Value-Added Agriculture
11:00 a.m. Jill Euken, Bioeconomy
Update
11:30 a.m. Music by Jack VanLaar
and Paul Lasley
12:00 p.m. WOI Radio 'Midday'
1:00 p.m. Eldon Everhart,
Aronia Berries: A new crop for Iowa
2:30 p.m. Ed Shafer,
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture 3:30 p.m. Leo Timms,
Iowa's Comparative Advantage in Dairy
4:00 p.m. Stage presentations
conclude
