Sidney Elks Club to host the 2024 Sidney Women in Agriculture Conference, "Hats Off to Ag Women"

SIDNEY - “Hats off to Ag Women” is this year’s theme of the annual Sidney Women in Agriculture Conference to be held on Aug. 4, 2023, at the Elks Lodge #1894 in Sidney, Neb.

Participants will learn about estate planning, grain marketing, and more at this conference. This event is being held in partnership with the Nebraska Women in Agriculture Program. This year’s keynote speaker will be Cheyenne Glade Wilson. Cheyenne strives daily to spread positivity and awareness of modern day ranching.

Registration Fee: After July 24 the registration fee will be $45. Register online at https://go.unl.edu/sidney OR pick up a registration form at the South Platte NRD Office, located at 551 Parkland Drive, in Sidney. Walk-ins will be welcome.

*Conference Agenda:  

• 8:30 a.m. Registration, Breakfast Buffet

• 9:00 a.m. Welcome, Breakfast Buffet

• 9:15 a.m. Grain Marketing Lingo with Jessica Groskopf

• 10:00 a.m. Break

• 10:15 a.m. Making the Healthy Choice the Easy Choice with Hannah Guenther

• 11:15 a.m. FSA Youth Loan Program with Katryna Schaneman

• 11:30 a.m. Lunch

• 12:30 p.m. 'Pushing Past'ure Limits - Mindset, Personal Growth, and Shattering Self-Limiting Beliefs': Keynote Speaker, Cheyenne Glade Wilson

• 1:30 p.m. Calming Affects Massage with Christina Alsop

• 1:45 p.m. Plan to Fail or Plan to Farm with Katie Samples Dean, J.D. 

• 2:45 p.m. Break

• 3:00 p.m. Current & Future Weather with Don Day, Jr. 

• 3:45 p.m. Closing

*All times noted are based on Mountain Time.