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Midwest Value Added Conference Bringing Profit Back to the Farm Presenter: Heather Amundson – River Country Resource Conservation and Development Council, Inc.
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Planning Committee Farmer UW Center for Cooperatives WI Dept of Ag, Trade and Consumer Protection WI Technical College System Wisconsin Farmers Union UW Center for Integrated Ag. Systems River Country RC&D Council, Inc.
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Conference details 5 th year in the running Held 2 days Focused on farms of all sizes Emphasizes marketing strategies and business options to improve the bottom line
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Farmer Advisory Panel Diverse/randomly selected group of individuals in the Midwest Meet in May What do we learn? -session ideas -promotion ideas
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Main Focus Areas – Everything Marketing What are others doing Cooperatives Rules and regulations What to do to get started Farm Bill updates Unique Opportunities
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General Session – Dept of Ag. Reps.
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Highlights Youth Panel Humor from the Country – Jerry Apps Being a good neighbor! It’s your turn. Tradeshow
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Reception Features local foods and products Provides opportunity to see what others are doing Networking opportunity
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Evaluations 200 Individuals Attended 45 Evaluations Returned Program overall usefulness = 4.11 out of 5 4 states represented
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Comments “Excellent Speakers and Good info!” “Real Eye Opener” “I felt this was one of the best conferences I have ever attended.” “Great topics!”
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6 th Annual Conference January 30-31, 2004 Incorporating suggestions from this year’s conference Create theme days Continue to feature value added products
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To get on our mailing list… Contact me at: Heather Amundson 1304 N. Hillcrest Pkwy, Suite B Altoona, WI 54720 Phone: 715-834-9672 Fax: 715-834-8663 Email: heather.amundson@wi.usda.gov
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