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 | Learning From the Past to Understand the Future
Agriculture in 2011 looks much different than it did just 30 years ago. What will it look like 30 years from now? What does your future hold? How should you plan for succession? How can understanding the future help you to build a more profitable and sustainable farm operation?
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| AgChoices 2011 was held at the Capri Hotel, Trade & Convention Centre in Red Deer on February 16, 2011. Over 200 producers and industry people who attended the conference found it an excellent learning experience and a great networking opportunity.
John Knapp, Deputy Minister of Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development opened the day with greetings from the department and a question and answer session. The one-day event displayed two keynote speakers - futurist Jim Bottomley and Iowa farmer and professional speaker Jolene Brown. .
Along with speeches and networking, 20 concurrent agricultural information sessions were held at the ever popular AgInfo Market. Themes included increasing profits-per-acre, local food, the green movement, bio-industrial development and much more Click here to see all the topics and presentations from the AgInfo Market.
Many thanks to all who helped to make AgChoices 2011 a success.
What Participants had to say about AgChoices 2011
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The AgChoices conference is made possible through the business management program area of Growing Forward, a federal-provincial-territorial initiative to position the agriculture, food and agri-based industries for future success. |
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For more information about the content of this document, contact Shari Smith.
This document is maintained by Jackie Majic.
This information published to the web on October 21, 2011.
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