Released: January 11, 2005

Ag Profitability Conferences Slated in Several Kansas Locations

MANHATTAN, Kan. – Nine conferences focusing on profitability in agriculture are scheduled for locations around Kansas in late January and early to mid-February.

The conferences, organized and sponsored by Kansas State University Research and Extension, will focus on similar issues at each location. Although speakers and exact topics will somewhat vary from site to site, the conferences will cover: Farm and Ranch Transition – Succession Planning, Risk Management Issues, Economics of No-Till, Ag Policy Outlook, and Steel and Machinery Prices.

Some of the conferences also will include such topics as Land Values; Economics of Soil Sampling; Grain Marketing Issues to Think About; Disaster Aid or LRP; Economics of Size in Farming; Irrigation in 2005 and Water Rights; NAFTA; Managing, Motivating and Compensating Family Labor; and Machinery Costs, Decision Tools.

Each conference begins at 8:30 a.m., except for the Feb. 16 conference in Hutchinson, which starts at 9:30 a.m. Most end at 3:30 p.m. The dates, locations, and contact information for registrations and questions are:

* Jan. 21 – Hays – Country Kitchen, 3203 Vine St. – 785-628-9430.

* Jan. 25 – Belleville, First National Bank, 1205 18th St. – 785-527-5084.

* Jan. 27 – Oberlin, Gateway Civic Center, 1 Morgan Dr. – 785-475-8121.

* Feb. 1 – Ulysses, Pioneer Communications, 120 W. Kansas Ave. – 620-356-1721.

* Feb. 7 – Salina, Friendship Center, 746 Comanche – 785-309-5850.

* Feb. 16 – Hutchinson, Shears Tech. Bldg., Hutchinson Community College – 620-662- 2371.

* Feb. 17 – Pratt, Pratt Area 4-H Center, Pratt County Fairgrounds – 620-672-6121.

* Feb. 18 – Marysville, Marysville Moose Lodge, 1203 11th Rd. – 785-562-3531.

* Feb. 22 – Downs, Memorial Hall – 785-738-3597.

Further information can be obtained at county K-State Research and Extension offices and at the K-State Research and Extension Agriculture Economics Web site: http://www.agmanager.info  (click on “Events”).

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K-State Research and Extension is a short name for the Kansas State University Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, a program designed to generate and distribute useful knowledge for the well-being of Kansans. Supported by county, state, federal and private funds, the program has county Extension offices, experiment fields, area Extension offices and regional research centers statewide. Its headquarters is on the K-State campus, Manhattan.

Story by:
Mary Lou Peter
mlpeter@oznet.ksu.edu
K-State Research& Extension News