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2009 AG OUTLOOK
January 29 - 30, 2009
Hilton Garden Inn
1731 South Convention Center Dr.
St. George, Utah 84790
Hotel Reservations:
Hilton Garden Inn
435-634-4100
Hotel Rate: $85 + tax
Deadline: January 16, 2009
Presented by:
Utah State University & Utah Bankers Association
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Tour, Dinner, Speaker
2:00 – 3:00 p.m. Tour at “Mountain Sunrise Feed” at Beryl – (meet at the tour site)
This tour is a hay compression and cubing facility. This will be indoors but with no heat.
Directions to tour site (coming from the north):
At Cedar City, take Exit 59. Head West to Beryl. Turn right (north) at Beryl Junction (Hwy 18). Go 3 ½ miles to “Mtn. Sunrise Feed” on the right side of the road.
Directions to tour site (coming from St. George):
Go north on Hwy 18, turn right at Enterprise. Go to Beryl Junction. Proceed with directions above.
5:00 – 6:00 p.m. Registration
6:00 – 7:00 Prime Rib Dinner with musical entertainment at Hilton Garden Inn
7:00 – 8:00 Speaker – John Blanchfield, Sr. VP, ABA Center for Agricultural & Rural Banking
Sponsored by Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (Farmer Mac)
Friday, January 30, 2009
Ag Outlook – Utah State University Extension
7:45 – 8:45 a.m. Registration & Full Breakfast
9:00 – 9:10 Welcome – Brance Hammons, Bank of Utah, Chairman
9:10 – 9:20 Remarks – Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (Farmer Mac)
9:20 – 12:30 p.m. Ag Outlook, USU Extension
· New Technology and Wheat Outlook – Lyle Holmgren
· Feed Grains and Hay – Dillon Feuz
· Cattle, Sheep and Dairy (national and intermountain outlook) – Jim Robb, Director, Livestock Marketing Information Center in Colorado
12:30 p.m. Conference Dismissed (lunch will be on your own)
If you have any questions please contact Dorene Cheney at the Utah Bankers Association, dcheney@uba.org, or call 801-328-8124.
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