1335
H St., Suite 100
Lincoln, NE 68508-3784
Phone: (402) 476-1528 • Fax: (402) 476-1259 "Agricultural Input Supplies, Products and Services for our
Nebraska Producers"
Hotel Accommodations: Please make your room reservations at the Holiday Inn Convention Center in Kearney by July 7, 2009 to assure the reduced room rate of $79.95 plus taxes. Call the hotel directly at (308) 237-5971 and ask for reservations and specify the Nebraska Agri-Business Association 2009 Summer Convention.
Sponsor the Summer Convention! Your assistance is needed to help defray the cost of the convention. If you would like to donate and have a display table or sponsor a specific event [click here] to download a detailed contribution form.
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
9:00 - 11:00
a.m.
Board
of Director’s Meeting
11:00 a.m.
Registration opens at Holiday Inn
11:00 a.m. - noon
County
Chairmen and Board of Directors Meeting and Luncheon
1:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Calcutta Golf Tournament Qualifying 9 Holes - Required play for tournament on Thursday! Prairie Hills Golf Course, #10 Muirfield Dr., Pleasanton, NE
1:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Calcutta Sporting Clays Qualifying Rounds - 2 Rounds
Fort Kearney Shooting Sports Association, Kearney, NE
Calcutta & Scholarship Auction with
Auctioneer: World Livestock Auction Champion
Colonel Dean Schow, Schow Auction Service, Paxton, NE
Thursday,
August 6, 2009
7:30
a.m.
Registration
Opens
8:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Political Action Breakfast - Keynote Speaker: Bob Milligan, Chairman, US Chamber of Commerce. Topic: "What the New Washington Administration Means to Business in Nebraska and the Country"
11:00 - 4:30 p.m.
Calcutta Golf & Sport Shoot at Meadowlark Hills Golf Course, 3300 30th Ave, Kearney. Sport Shoot: Fort Kearney Shooting Sports Association, Kearney. BBQ Lunch at Meadowlark Hills Golf Course
6:00 - 6:30 p.m.
Supplier-Retailer Mixer/Social Hour
6:30
- 8:00 p.m.
Awards & Sports Prize Banquet - Business Casual
Calcutta Pay-outs awarded during the banquet
Friday,
August 7, 2009
7:30 a.m.
Registration
Opens
8:00 - 9:15 a.m.
Breakfast
Buffet
9:15 - 10:45 a.m.
Show Case Show Down of Ag Retailers - "The Importance of Ag Retailers in Fertilizer, Ag-Chemical and Seed Marketing Chain"
Panel:
Raymond Steil, CEO & President, Regulatory Management & Consulting, Sioux City, IA
Doug Derscheid, CEO, Central Valley Ag, O'Neill, NE
Don Williams, Owner, Orchard Fertilizer Service, Inc., Orchard, NE