Farm Wellness & Sustainability
| Monday, June 8th | |
| 8:30 am | NAFBAS Board Meeting |
| NFRBMEA Pre-Conference Board Meeting | |
| 10:30 am | Joint Pre-Conference Board Meeting |
| 12 pm | Lunch (On Your Own) |
| 1 pm | Tours-Shelbyville Farm/Churchill Downs |
| 5 pm | Welcome Reception/Social at Louisville Visitors Center, 301 S 4th St (Right next door to the Hyatt) |
| 6 pm | Informal Early Career Event Dinner Ovrdrive, 112 W Jefferson St, Louisville, KY 40202 |
| Tuesday, June 9th | |
| 7 – 8 am | Breakfast |
| 8 am | Welcome by NAFBAS / NFRBMEA President |
| 8:15 – 8:30 am | Welcome by Louisville Tourism |
| 8:30 – 9:30 am | UK College of Agriculture Dean- Laura Stevenson |
| 9:30 – 9:45 am | Break |
| 9:45 – 11:15 am | Keynote Speaker-Faith Parum, American Farm Bureau |
| 11:15 – 12:00 pm | Life, Death, and Reality: The Power of a Handshake, Dale Dobson |
| 12:00 – 12:10 pm | Sponsor Showcase |
| 12:10 – 12:45 pm | Lunch |
| Track 1 – Tax | |
| 12:45 – 3 pm | In-depth Tax Topic: R&D Credits- OBBBA Applications- Bob Rhea |
| Track 2 Breakouts | |
| 12:45 – 1:45 pm | Kenny Burdine- Livestock Economics Kentucky Center for Agricultural and Rural Development TBD |
| 1:45 – 2:00 pm | Break |
| 2:00 – 3:00 pm | Repeat Breakouts |
| 5:30 – 7:30 pm | Family Night Out: Louisville Sluggers Game (Humana Cabana) Louisville Bats vs. Iowa Cubs |
| Wednesday, June 10th – Farm Wellness & Sustainability | |
| 7:00 – 8:00 am | Breakfast |
| 8:00 – 9:00 am | Gen. Session 1 – Farm Credit Mid-America Topic TBD |
| 9:00 – 10:00 am | Gen. Session 2 –Farmland Transition, Aleta Botts (Kentucky Farm Bureau) |
| 10:00 – 10:15 am | Break |
| 10:15 – 11:45 am | Gen. Session 3 – Agrilegacy Solutions Program (KCARD)- Spencer Guinn |
| 11:45 – 12:00 pm | 2027 Conference Planners’ Presentation |
| 12:00 – 12:45 pm | Lunch |
| Breakouts | |
| 12:45 – 1:45 pm | Topic 1: Tina LeBrun – Multi – Generational Farm Transition Retreats Topic 2: Jonathan LaPorte – Grain Marketing Strategies Topic 3: Isaac Brockman – Farm Labor Challenges Topic 4: Tina Barrett – State Tax Prep tutorials on IA, NE, and KS |
| 1:45 – 2:00 pm | Break |
| 2:00 – 3:00 pm | Repeat Breakouts |
| 3:15 – 4:30 pm | NAFBAS Business Meeting / NFRBMEA Annual Business Meeting, Part 2 |
| Thursday, June 11th – The Agricultural Economy | |
| 7:00 – 8:00 am | Breakfast |
| 8:00 – 9:30 am | Gen. Session 1 – Trade Policy and the Ag Economy- USDA Under Secretary Richard Fordyce |
| 9:30 – 9:45 am | Break |
| 10:00 – 11:30 am | Gen. Session 2 – OBBA Update, Speaker TBA |
| 11:30 – 12:00 pm | Closing Remarks |
| 12:00 pm | Adjourn |